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Cheese Spread
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Cheese Spread

A ready-made soft cheese (white cheese, cream cheese, Bulgarian cheese) mixed with olive oil, garlic, herbs and spices; served on a plate with olive oil on top, sometimes under chopped vegetables, or rolled into balls in za'atar and sesame.

⏱ 1 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mash the cream cheese and white cheese with a fork until you have a smooth mixture.
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  2. 2
    Add the garlic, dill, parsley, salt and black pepper and mix well.
  3. 3
    Drizzle the olive oil over the top.
330calories
9 gprotein
6 gcarbs
31 gfat
● protein 10%● carbs 7%● fat 82%

Per serving (128 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (1)

  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Softening the cheese out of the fridge (half an hour) · Bulgarian cheese (feta) · Cream cheese · White cheese · Labneh · Sour cream as the base · Feta cheese · Paprika on top · Sour cream · Lemon juice · Olive oil in the spread · garlic · Za'atar · Dill · Mint · Parsley · Chives · Green onion in the mixture · Chopped walnuts · Chilling before shaping (minutes) (30) · Chilling the log (at least 1 hour) · Sesame in the coating · Walnuts in the coating · Chopped tomatoes on top · Chopped cucumbers on top · Green onion on top · Red bell pepper on top · Mint on top · Olive oil on top · Sumac on top · Crushed red pepper on top · Olives on top · Grated lemon zest on top · Thyme on top · Yogurt · Grated and squeezed cucumber · Salting the grated cucumber (minutes) (10) · Nigella seeds · In the fridge before serving (30 minutes at least) · Cube size (2 cm) · Oregano · Warm pitas · Serving (with fresh bread)
  • Ball size: a thumb

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