Pineapple Cream Cheese Spread

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2/3 cup fresh pineapple, finely chopped
• 1/4 orange bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 celery rib, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon spicy brown mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 cups pecan halves

Recipe

• 1 make spread:.
• 2 beat cream cheese and sour cream on medium speed until smooth, 2-3 minutes.
• 3 squeeze and discard juice from pineapple.
• 4 mix pineapple and next 7 ingredients in cheese mixture on low speed until blended.
• 5 shape spread:.
• 6 turn cheese mixture onto serving platter; shape into oval, making sure to leave room for pineapple top.
• 7 cover; refrigerate overnight.
• 8 assemble pineapple:.
• 9 remove platter from refrigerator an hour before serving.
• 10 place pineapple top at one end of cheese.
• 11 lay pecan halves, starting at bottom, in rows over cheese.
• 12 serve with multigrain bread or crackers of choice.