Sesame Garlic Cheese Spread

Name: Sesame Garlic Cheese Spread
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sesame seeds; 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup ricotta cheese or 1/2 cup small curd cottage cheese; 1 tablespoon minced parsley; 1 teaspoon garlic salt; assorted raw vegetables

Submitted by Hey Jude

"I like to keep a container of this in my fridge during the holidays, when I inevitably have unexpected guests. It keeps for a week and is quick and easy to make. Adapted from a Sunset cookbook."

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Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 6
Yields:: 1 cup

ingredients

1 teaspoon sesame seeds
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
¹⁄₂ cup ricotta cheese or 1/2 cup small curd cottage cheese
1 tablespoon minced parsley
1 teaspoon garlic salt
assorted raw vegetables

directions

In a small frying pan over medium heat, toast sesame seeds, shaking pan often, until golden (about 2 minutes); remove from heat and set aside.
In a bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth; beat in ricotta, parsley, garlic salt and sesame seeds.
Cover and refrigerate for up to a week but before serving, let stand at room temperature until softened (about 30 minutes).
Mound in a small serving bowl and serve with veggies.

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Reviews

I am reviewing this without stars for I do not know what went wrong as when I made it and put it in the fridge it was fine and tasted really good but when I took it out 24 hours later and left on the table for the 30 minutes it had gone to a liquid mix, the only thing I can think of is I did use a very low fat cream cheese and a smooth ricotta cheese otherwise made exactly as per recipe. UPDATE tried serving it straight out of the refrigerator (divided it into 2 pots and served the second once the first was finished) and all was eaten up with crackers, thank you Hey Jude in the end it turned out great.

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