Goat cheese and olive spread
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ounces | Goat cheese (chevre) |
| 4 | ounces | Cream cheese or ricotta cheese, at room temperature |
| 2 | Green onions, chopped | |
| ¼ | cup | Chopped fresh basil |
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 2 | tablespoons | Lemon juice |
| ¼ | cup | Coarsely chopped black olives |
| ½ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| Assorted fresh vegetables | ||
| (carrots,celery,fennel,green beans,cauliflower), cut in bite-sized pieces | ||
Directions
1. Blend together goat cheese and cream cheese in food processor or by hand until smooth.
2. Add green onions, basil, olive oil and lemon juice. Blend until smooth. Add olives and pepper and combine just to incorporate olives.
3. Spoon mixture into a serving dish. Serve with fresh vegetables. Yield: 6 to 8 servings Prep. Time: 12 minutes. Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@... Source: A Passion for Fresh Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #11 by cjhartlin@... on Jun 24, 1999