Blue Cheese & Tomato Spread
Recipe: #22426
January 09, 2016
Categories: Spreads, Cheese, Blue, Tomato, Appetizers, Greek, Brunch, Christmas Oven Roast, Gluten-Free, Low Carbohydrate, 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 (197.8 g)
- Calories 243.9
- Total Fat - 20.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 7 g
- Cholesterol - 22.1 mg
- Sodium - 390.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 4.1 g
- Protein - 8.7 g
- Calcium - 220.6 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 20.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Arrange tomatoes on a baking sheet in a single layer, cut side up.
Step 2
Bake for 1 hour, until they shrink to half their original size.
Step 3
Let cool, then puree.
Step 4
Just before serving, mash cheeses together with a fork.
Step 5
Stir in tomatoes; mixture should be somewhat coarse.
Step 6
Add vodka or rum.
Step 7
Drizzle with oil and stir to mix; oil should not be completely incorporated.
Step 8
Place in a serving bowl and sprinkle with mint.
Tips
No special items needed.