Cheese Fruit Log

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup shelled pistachio nut
• 250 g cream cheese (at room temperature)
• 50 g dried apricots, finely chopped
• 3 spring onions, finely chopped
• 50 g sun-dried tomatoes, drained and finely chopped
• black pepper
• 3 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200°c.
• 2 bake the pistachio nuts on a lined baking tray for 5 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 3 cool, then chop finely.
• 4 beat the cream cheese in a medium size bowl until smooth.
• 5 fold in the dried apricots, spring onions, sun dried tomatoes and black pepper.
• 6 combine the pistachio nuts with the parsley and spread on a sheet of baking paper.
• 7 form the cheese mixture into an 8 inch log and roll in the nut mixture.
• 8 wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-3 hours or until firm.
• 9 serve with a mix of crackers.