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Turkish shepherd's cheese cream with harissa

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Ingredients for 6 servings:

  • 300 g yogurt, Greek or Turkish
  • 600 g shepherd’s cheese
  • 75 g tomatoes, dried in oil, from the jar
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp oil from the sun-dried tomatoes
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 tsp, heaped harissa paste
  • 1 tbsp, heaped dill
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • Paprika powder, sweet
  • Chili flakes, dried

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 10 minutes

Combine the yogurt, sun-dried tomatoes, and oil in a bowl and blend with a hand blender. Crumble in the feta cheese and blend again. Then add the tomato paste and harissa paste and mix. Now finely chop the spring onions, mince the garlic, and add both to the yogurt along with the dill. Finally, season the dip with paprika and chili flakes. It’s best to prepare the dip the evening before and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight for the best flavor. The cream tastes just like the paste you’d buy at a Turkish store.

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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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