Greek-Style Cheese Ball - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
    4 oz. dry pack Feta cheese
    1/3 c. sliced black olives
    3 Tbsp. thinly sliced green onion
    1 Tbsp. snipped fresh basil or 1 tsp. dried basil
    1 pkg. pita bread, cut into small triangles
Preparation
    Bring cream and Feta cheeses to room temperature.
    Cut the Feta cheese into chunks.
    In a blender container or food processor bowl, combine cheeses.
    Cover and blend or process until smooth. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the olives and 1 tablespoon of the onion. Chop remaining olives.
    Stir the chopped olives, remaining onion and basil into cheese mixture.
    Shape into a ball.
    Cover and chill until serving time.
    Sprinkle cheese ball with reserved green onion and black olive slices.
    Serve with pita bread triangles.

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