Showstopping Appetizer Torte

• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
• 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened and divided
• 3 tablespoons mustard-mayonnaise sauce, divided
• 1 (8-ounce) package refrigerated shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 1 (7-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1/2 cup chopped green onions
• 2 teaspoons dried mint
• 1 1/4 cups orange marmalade, divided
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons dried orange peel
• 2 to 3 teaspoons orange extract
• Garnish: toasted pecan halves

1. Bake chopped pecans in a shallow pan at 300u0b0, stirring occasionally, 7 to 10 minutes or until lightly toasted. Cool.
2. Process 2 packages cream cheese, 2 tablespoons mustard-mayonnaise sauce, and next 4 ingredients in a food processor until blended, stopping to scrape down sides. Press mixture into bottom of a plastic wrap-lined 9-inch springform pan, and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
3. Process remaining 2 packages cream cheese, remaining 1 tablespoon mustard-mayonnaise sauce, 2/3 cup orange marmalade, and next 3 ingredients in food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Spread mixture over pecans, pressing until smooth. Cover and chill up to 3 days. Remove from pan; spread with remaining marmalade, and garnish, if desired. Serve with gingersnaps.
4. NOTE: For testing purposes only, we used Durkee mustard-mayonnaise sauce.

pecans, cream cheese, mustardmayonnaise sauce, cheddar cheese, pineapple, green onions, mint, orange marmalade, mayonnaise, orange peel, orange extract, pecan

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/showstopping-appetizer-torte (may not work)