Description
Festive Goat Cheese Christmas Present Appetizers are charming, bite-sized treats perfect for holiday parties. These elegant appetizers feature herbed goat cheese neatly shaped into gift-like squares on crunchy rice crackers, artfully garnished with chives, pink peppercorns, and curly parsley leaves to resemble tiny wrapped presents. Easy to assemble and visually delightful, they add a whimsical and tasty touch to any festive gathering.
Ingredients
Scale
Appetizer Components
- 12 rice crackers
- 3 chives
- 4 oz. herbed goat cheese
- 2 oz. curly parsley leaves
- 12 pink peppercorns
Instructions
- Shape the Goat Cheese: Place a 1½-inch square cookie cutter in the center of a rice cracker. Spoon about 1½ teaspoons of herbed goat cheese into the cutter and evenly fill it to the edges, forming a neat square.
- Remove the Cutter: Using a small spoon or a finger covered with a plastic glove, press around the edges and gently lift the cookie cutter straight up, leaving a clean, square block of goat cheese on the cracker.
- Prepare the Chive Ribbon: Use kitchen scissors to cut a chive into two lengths equal to the size of the goat cheese square. Lay one chive piece down the center of the cheese. Cut one of the pieces in half and place these shorter chive sections horizontally across to form a cross, mimicking a gift ribbon.
- Add the Pink Peppercorn Centerpiece: Dab a tiny bit of goat cheese on a pink peppercorn and carefully place it at the intersection of the chive ribbon to mimic a bow knot, helping it stick securely.
- Garnish with Parsley Leaves: Place two small parsley leaves on either side of the chive ribbon. Use a toothpick or cocktail pin to gently press and secure them into the cheese for a festive finishing touch.
Notes
- Rice crackers can become stale after about an hour when refrigerated with the cheese, but they remain tasty until then. For making ahead, consider using Ritz crackers or other dense, wheat-based buttery crackers that stay crispy longer.
- If pink peppercorns are not available in local stores, they can be purchased online at Amazon or specialty spice shops.
- For a visual step-by-step guide, see the original recipe post with photos of the process.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 appetizer
- Calories: 65
- Sugar: 0.5g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fiber: 0.3g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
