Italian cheese ball (recipe)

From WikiMD's Food, Medicine & Wellness Encyclopedia

Italian cheese ball (recipe)
NameItalian cheese ball
IngredientsFresh chives Fresh basil Fresh parsley Cream cheese Fontina cheese Cracked black pepper Garlic clove Baguette
Cooktime (in hours)4
Preptime (in hours)0.25
Totaltime (in hours)4.25
Keto friendlinessKeto friendly
Calories120.9
Fat10.8
Protein4.7
Carbohydrate1.4
Fiber0.1
Net carbohydrates1.3
Sugar0.8
Saturated fat6
Cholesterol (mg)36.5
Sodium250.3
Servings12
Yield1 cheese ball
Reviewaggregate


Prab-R-Tumpati-MD.jpeg

Editor-In-Chief: Prab R Tumpati, MD
Obesity, Sleep & Internal medicine
Founder, WikiMD Wellnesspedia &
W8MD medical weight loss NYC and sleep center NYC


Italian cheese ball (recipe) is a keto friendly food item with net carbohydrates of about 1-2 per serving.

Did you know? - WikiMD has over 50,000 keto friendly recipes with a color coded ketometer rating scale!

Italian cheese ball (recipe)


  1. In a shallow dish combine 1 tablespoon of the chives, 1 tablespoon of the basil, and the parsley; set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl beat cream cheese and Fontina cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
  3. Beat in the salami and finely chopped roasted red sweet pepper and remaining 2 tablespoons chives, remaining 2 tablespoons basil, the pepper, and garlic.
  4. Form into a ball (or log).
  5. Roll ball in herb mixture. Wrap and chill cheese ball for 4 to 24 hours.
  6. Serve with water crackers or baguette slices, and a nice bottle of Italian wine or sparkling Spumante!
  7. Makes twelve 2-tablespoon servings.

    Food tags
    Cheese, Vegetable, European, Savory, Mixer, No Cook, Small Appliance, Easy


Italian cheese ball (recipe) details

Keto meter eight.png



Time:
Prep Time in Hours and Mins:4H15M

Similar recipes






Resources
YouTube videos
Reddit
The world's largest collection of keto-friendly and low-carb foods.
Ketogenic foods Ketogenic diet - W8MD's liquid diet plan - keto friendly foods - Keto foods list - High protein foods
Low-carb Low carb foods - Breads and cereals - Fruits & vegetables - Dairy - Eggs and meats - Baked foods - Low carb fast foods
A-Z keto Keto friendly recipes (over 20k)
Vegan Vegan recipes - Branded foods
By restaurant Keto friendly restaurant foods - McDonalds - Starbucks - Chick Fil A - Taco Bell - Wendys - Dunkin Donuts - Burger King
By meal Breakfast - lunch - snacks - desserts - dinners - sea food - salads - soups - exotic - bone broth
By ingredients Keto ingredients - Eggs - Chicken - Beef - Pork - Rice - Bacon - Bread - Dairy - Fruit - Pasta - Seafood - Mushroom - Vegetable - More...
By Category
Cuisine
keto foods

Cuisines

list

By time


"

Wiki.png

Navigation: Wellness - Encyclopedia - Health topics - Disease Index‏‎ - Drugs - World Directory - Gray's Anatomy - Keto diet - Recipes

Search WikiMD


Ad.Tired of being Overweight? Try W8MD's physician weight loss program.
Semaglutide (Ozempic / Wegovy and Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) available.
Advertise on WikiMD

WikiMD is not a substitute for professional medical advice. See full disclaimer.

Credits:Most images are courtesy of Wikimedia commons, and templates Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY SA or similar.


Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD