Blue Cheese & Tomato Spread
Recipe: #18857
May 06, 2015
Categories: Spreads, Cheese, Blue, Tomato, Appetizers, Greek, Christmas, New Years, Oven Roast, Gluten-Free No Eggs, Vegetarian, Fresh Tomatoes, Kosher Dairy, , more
"From the Greek Island of Chios. Adapted from The Foods of the Greek Islands. Tomatoes may be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (213.1 g)
- Calories 297.9
- Total Fat - 24.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.8 g
- Cholesterol - 33.6 mg
- Sodium - 603.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 4.2 g
- Protein - 12 g
- Calcium - 301.3 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 20.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Step 2
Arrange tomatoes on a baking sheet in a single layer, cut side up.
Step 3
Bake for 1 hour, until they shrink to half their original size.
Step 4
Let cool, then puree.
Step 5
Just before serving, mash cheeses together with a fork.
Step 6
Stir in tomatoes; mixture should be somewhat coarse.
Step 7
Add vodka or rum.
Step 8
Drizzle with oil and stir to mix; oil should not be completely incorporated.
Step 9
Place in a serving bowl and sprinkle with mint.
Tips
No special items needed.