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Starters / Dips: Spicy Zucchini and Sheep Cheese Dip

5 from 2 votes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 4 people
Calories 463 kcal

Ingredients
 

To garnish:

  • 2 middle Garlic cloves
  • 3,5 tbsp Cold pressed olive oil
  • 200 g Sheep milk cheese
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • Salt, colored pepper from the mill
  • 0,5 tsp Ground cumin
  • 0,25 tsp Chili powder
  • 1 pinch Ground cardamom
  • 4 Leaf parsley stalks
  • 0,5 tsp Red chilli, finely diced
  • Some leaf parsley

Instructions
 

  • Clean the zucchini, rinse and cut into small cubes. Peel off the garlic cloves and chop finely. Heat the olive oil in a pan, except for 1/2 tbsp. Fry the zucchini in it for about 5 minutes, then add half of the chopped garlic. Fry both for another 5 minutes. Then take it off the stove and let it cool down completely.
  • Mash the sheep cheese with a fork. Mix with lemon juice and season with pepper (4-5 turns from the mill), cumin, chili powder and cardamom.
  • Wash the parsley and pluck the leaves. Puree together with the remaining garlic and fried zucchini in the food processor.
  • Add the mixture to the sheep's cheese and stir everything thoroughly. Season again with a little salt, then let it steep for about four hours. Arrange in a bowl before serving. Drizzle with the remaining olive oil and garnish with the chilli and parsley.
  • Tastes delicious as a starter with flatbread or rustic bread, as a dip for vegetables and as an addition to oriental minced meat dishes. We had the dip with couscous raisin meatballs with lemon mango rice. I also served some bread with it. The spicy dip was a nice addition to the sweet and sour rice and the oriental-flavored meatballs. Link to the recipes in steps 6 and 7. Have fun trying it out, it's really delicious :-).
  • Oriental couscous and raisin meatballs
  • Side dishes: Fruity lemon mango rice

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 463kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 11gFat: 46.2g
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 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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