Taco Flavored Cheese Ball

Taco Flavored Cheese Ball

Ingredients:

2 - 8 ounce blocks cream cheese, softened

8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

8 ounces Monterrey Jack cheese, shredded

1-2 tablespoons taco seasoning (season it to your taste)

1 fresh mozzarella cheese roll

1/2 cup guacamole or pureed avocado*

2 slices cucumber

1 roasted red pepper

plastic female face mask

food handling gloves, optional

Wash the face mask with warm soapy water.  Dry. Line it with a piece of plastic wrap.

In a bowl combine cream cheese, cheddar cheese, Monterrey Jack cheese, and taco seasoning.  Stir well to combine.  I like to put on some food handling gloves and just mash it all together using my hands. Press the cheese mixture into the face mask. Smooth out the top surface then fold the plastic wrap up over the cheese and smooth out even more.  You can, if you want, refrigerate the cheese ball for up to a week.  You want to decorate it close to the time you serve it.

If you want to decorate it now, just un-mold it and set it on a serving platter. The woman's skin will be very wrinkled. Use your finger to smooth away the wrinkles.

Unroll the mozzarella cheese roll onto a cutting board.  The two ends of the roll wont open up too flat, but you will easily be able to cut out a 10"-12" piece of flat cheese. Cut that piece in half lengthwise. The underside of the cheese, although wrinkled, is much more smooth than the top side. Flip both slices of cheese over and make sure the top side shows when placed on the face.  It will really look like a towel.

Pick up one strip of cheese and set it at a diagonal across the left side of the face. Press the cheese up against the head. You want to form the cheese around the top and side of the head then cut off the excess cheese. Lay the second piece of cheese in the opposite diagonal direction across the right side of the face and repeat the process.

Spread guacamole or pureed avocado over the face.  I think I would have liked my face a little better had I left more of it exposed.  Try to spread the guacamole in an oval over the face, leaving some of the pale orange cheese ball showing.  Place cucumber slices over the eyes. Cut lips out of roasted red pepper and place on face.

Serve. If you wont serve right away, don't add the green guacamole face mask.