Recipes: Feta Cheese and Pesto Dip

Instructions

In a food processor, combine the butter, feta cheese, cream cheese, garlic, shallot, vermouth, and white pepper. Process until smooth.

Oil a medium bowl, or gelatin mold, and line with plastic wrap for easy removal. Layer the dip into the mold as follows: Sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, pesto, cheese mixture. Repeat. Pat down into the mold, and refrigerate for at least one hour.

Turn the dip out onto a serving plate, and remove plastic wrap. Serve with crackers.

 
Serves: 30
Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 0 mins

Ingredients

3/4 cup Belmondo Pesto Genovese

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

3/4 cups feta cheese, crumbled

8 oz. cream cheese softened

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 shallot, minced

3 tablespoons tablespoons dry vermouth

ground white pepper to taste

1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted

1 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes, packed in oil, drained

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