Festive Cranberry Cheese Spread
"This is an Ortega recipe that I found online before the holidays last year. Everyone loves it. I make a double batch and freeze it in 4 separate containers. Makes a great appetizer w/ little effort."
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
24
ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
- 2 tablespoons sliced green onions
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
- 2 (12 ounce) packages crackers
directions
- Combine first 7 ingredients.
- Spread room temperature cream cheese in 2 separate pie plates.
- Top cream cheese with cranberry mixture.
- Serve with crackers.
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Reviews
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One of the selections offered at an appetizer party celebrating a special birthday this past week. Liked the cream cheese and cranberries combined with the chilies and green onion. Makes for a very attractive appetizer. Froze the second platter as suggested can be done. Thank you for sharing. -
I prepared this as one of the many offerings on the buffet at my holiday open house. While I liked the blend of sweet and spicy, others were not so impressed. It was basically ignored, although it did have a festive presentation. -
We really enjoyed this. Great combination of flavors; spicy but not overly so, with the sweet-tart taste of cranberries. Thanks for the tip about freezing - I froze half and look forward to having this again in the near future. Although I made this in the middle of the summer, I can see this as a wonderful (and easy!) idea for Thanksgiving and Christmas. -
I loved this recipe and will bring it to the beach for when I visit friends and we hang out on their porch. Wonderful treat, special I think. Lolly -
This is a very tasty spread for crackers. Don't be put off by the appearance -- I think it might be more attractive if you used a mixer to blend everything, but then it might puree the ingredients too much. I did leave out the green onions as I thought they might contrast too much with the green chilies. This reminds me of jalapeno pepper jelly which is generally poured over a brick of cream cheese except this dish is all combined together. Made for Fall PAC, 2012.
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