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Cream cheese spread with basil pesto

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 125 g cream cheese
  • 1 tsp, heaped basil pesto, preferably homemade
  • 2 tsp sour cream
  • 1 pinch(s) of cayenne pepper
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 6 basil leaves, possibly more

Instructions

Working time approx. 5 minutes; Total time approx. 5 minutes

Also delicious as a dip

Place the cream cheese in a small bowl (make sure it’s pure cream cheese and not a cream cheese preparation like Philadelphia) and mix with the pesto. Add the sour cream and seasonings (be careful with the salt; you may not need any), chop the basil leaves, and mix everything together. Delicious as a spread or dip.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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