Recipe

Serves:  6 people | Prep time:  15 minutes

British | Vegetarian | Sharer

Ingredients

• 600g Full fat cream cheese
• 120g Red Leicester Cheese
• 3 x Spring onions
• 1tsp Garlic granules
• 1tsp Red pesto
• 40g Fresh parsley
• 10g Thyme
• 10g Rosemary
• 30g Black olives
• 1/2 tsp Cracked black pepper
• A pinch of Salt
• Crackers, olives, tomatoes and crudités of your choice to serve

Method

1. Finely grate the cheese into a bowl and set aside.
2. Chop the olives (reserving one if you want to create Kevin’s eyes and mouth).
3. Finely chop the spring onions, rosemary, thyme and 10g of parsley, place all into a large bowl.
4. Add 40g of the grated cheese, 600g cream cheese, garlic granules, cracked black pepper, 1tsp red pesto and a pinch of salt.
5. Mix through with a wooden spoon until well combined.
6. Spoon the mixture onto a large serving board, moulding it into a carrot shape using a butter knife, sprinkle over the grated cheese.
7. Trim the parsley slightly and push it into the top of the cheese ball to create Kevin’s hair.
8. Reserve an olive if you’d like to add a face to the carrot.
9. For his eyes chop the top and bottom of one black olives and then cut the remaining middle into 3 circles.
10. Use two for the eyes and then cut one in half across the hole to make his mouth press these onto the carrot.
11. For his arms and legs chop a small carrot or crudité of your choosing into 4 tapered batons and press it into the cheeseball.
12. Arrange your crackers and crudités around the cheeseball.