French Quarter Pecan Cheese Spread is an amazing appetizer for a Mardi Gras party or any get together. It's so easy to make and consists of a cream cheese disc flavored with a little onion and garlic, topped with a pecan praline sauce.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Southern
Keyword Mardi Gras
Prep Time 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 3 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour8 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
1(8-ounce) packagecream cheese,softened
2teaspoonsgrated or very finely minced onion
1teaspoonminced garlic
1cupfinely chopped pecans
1/4cupbutter
1/4cuppacked light brown sugar
1teaspoonWorcestershire sauce
1/4teaspoondried mustard
pinchof cayenne pepper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread pecans out on a baking sheet and place in oven for 6 to 8 minutes to toast. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix the onion and garlic into the cream cheese. Shape into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
Just before serving, cut butter into pieces so it will melt faster and place in a saucepan. Add brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, dried mustard, and cayenne pepper and heat over medium-low, stirring often, until sugar is dissolved.
Stir pecans into butter mixture. Let cool a few minutes and then spoon on top of cream cheese.