Raw Nut Cheese Ball

This Raw Nut Cheese Ball recipe is perfect for parties, picnics and holiday gatherings. Made simply with nuts or seeds blended with water, left out to ferment and then adding your favorite seasonings it couldn't be more simple.

Raw Nut Cheese Ball Recipe

• 2 to 4 cups of 2 combination of soaked nuts and/or seeds (example: walnuts/sunflower seeds, pecans/cashews, pumpkin seeds/sunflower seeds)
Blend nuts in a good blender add a little water at a time until smooth.

• Place mixture in a milk bag, cheese cloth or sprout bag and twist tight.
• Making a cheese press place cheese mix in bag on top of a strainer turned upside down or a plate turned upside down.
• Second, place a second plate on top of the cheese bag.
• Last, put a weight on top (a water bottle, or anything heavy and stable). The idea is to press out the water with in the cheese.
• Leave cheese out overnight or at least 8 hours.

Now add to cheese:
• Sweet: blended dates with water, Agave Nectar, Stevia Powder
  
• Sour (optional it may be sour enough from fermentation): lemon juice, orange juice
  
• Salty: sea salt, Dulse, chopped celery, dill
  
• Spicy: jalapeno, cayenne powder, finely chopped diakon radish, garlic, onion
  
• Bitter: chopped parsley, cilantro, basil, bay leaf, celery
  
• Vegetables: finely chopped red bell pepper, onion, jalapeno, parsley, sun-dried tomato, garlic, celery, etc.
• Your favorite seasonings...
  

For a final touch you can roll in crushed nuts and leave in frig for a while to intensify the flavor. The cheese ball tastes best if left to sit for a few hours.
I love to serve it with flax crackers or crackers made with flax seeds, almond pulp and salt.