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Cranberry and Pistachio-Crusted Goat Cheese Balls

November 19, 2016 by Jennifer 13 Comments

As I was trying to find something unique, delicious, and easy for this year’s Wine and Cheese Party, I stumbled across some rolled goat cheese balls on Pinterest. I got to thinking about how the flavors of cranberry and pistachio go well together, and went with it. (This post contains affiliate links.)

Cranberry and Pistachio-Crusted Goat Cheese Balls are Simple and Delicious.

These little nuggets of deliciousness were a lot easier to make than I anticipated. I was worried the goat cheese would be tough to roll, or that the cranberries and pistachios wouldn’t stick, but they worked like a dream… so easy!

In fact, I’m excited to try other combinations to roll the goat cheese balls in, ranging from sweet to savory. I’m thinking cocoa powder, chives, herbs, bacon, bacon, bacon would be good, why didn’t I think of bacon earlier?!

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Anyway, I hope you’ll give these a try (and if you decide to try some with bacon be sure to let me know how it goes).

How to Make Cranberry & Pistachio-Crusted Goat Cheese Balls

For the Crust:

You’ll need craisins and pistachios. Trader Joe’s has these shelled pistachios which I am ALL about.

Craisins and Pistachios for Goat Cheese Balls

In a food processor (we use a multi-tasking food processor that also converts into a blender), chop up the craisins and pistachios until fairly fine. I used about 60% craisins and 40% pistachios.

Process the craisins and pistachios for the goat cheese balls

Once everything is chopped fairly fine, pour it out onto a plate and get your goat cheese ready.

Get ready to roll the goat cheese balls

To Make the Goat Cheese Balls:

Just pinch off a little bit and roll it around between your hands like play-doh.

How to roll goat cheese into little balls

Then roll the ball around in the plate of chopped craisins and pistachios.

Rolling the goat cheese balls in the craisin pistachio mixture

Once you’ve got your goat cheese balls all rolled out, put them in the fridge until about 15 minutes before you’re ready to serve them.

Let your goat cheese balls chill out for a bit

To serve them, you can either put them on a platter next to the crackers…

Delicious cranberry pistachio crusted goat cheese balls

Or you can make it easy on your guests by doing little pre-made bites.

Cranberry Pistachio Chevre Ball

Now go eat some cheese!

Oh, and here are some cool accessories you could use to serve your festive cheese balls:

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Filed Under: Food & Drink, Party Food, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, chevre, craisin, crusted, goat cheese, party, pistachio

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  1. Mary Barham says

    November 23, 2016 at 1:08 pm

    Oh my goodness..... I am going to try to throw this together before tomorrow!! It looks so good!
    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      November 23, 2016 at 3:09 pm

      Mary, they are soooooo easy and tasty!
      Reply
  2. Esther says

    November 23, 2016 at 6:08 pm

    These looks so good! I love cheese of any kind!
    Reply
  3. Allison - Celebrating Sweets says

    November 23, 2016 at 6:51 pm

    This is my kind of food -LOVE it! I also love that I get to go to Trader Joes for the ingredients. Heehee. :)
    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      November 23, 2016 at 7:26 pm

      Any excuse to go to TJs!
      Reply
  4. Cait Weingartner says

    November 23, 2016 at 11:31 pm

    Yum! These cheese balls look delicious. I'm definitely going to make a big batch to bring to an upcoming holiday party. Thanks for sharing.
    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      November 25, 2016 at 12:47 pm

      Great! They are so easy.
      Reply
  5. Bella says

    November 24, 2016 at 12:32 am

    Yummy yummy! These look so good, I love goat cheese. Bella xoxobella.com
    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      November 25, 2016 at 12:48 pm

      Thanks, I love it too!
      Reply
  6. Latasha says

    February 28, 2017 at 8:43 pm

    Absolutely, we love reds and also like Mourvedre quite a bit! We’ve actually tasted it in many places with Paso Robles being one of the top spots for GSM’s a Mourvedre blend!All the tasting notes and adventures will be posted on BloWobAutgine.com! Make sure to check it out next week!
    Reply
  7. Barbara says

    November 1, 2017 at 9:24 am

    Could theses be made a day ahead?
    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      November 1, 2017 at 9:59 am

      Yes they sure could be.
      Reply
      • Barbara says

        November 2, 2017 at 10:00 am

        Thank you.
        Reply

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