Stilton Date Dip
photo by Leggy Peggy
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
10 3 oz servings
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup Stilton cheese (or best-quality blue cheese, room temp, crumbled)
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (room temp)
- 1 dash salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 1 dash cayenne pepper (optional)
- 3 -5 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 cup dates (seeded & sml-diced)
- 8 slices bacon (thick slice preferred, crisp-fried, crumbled)
directions
- Using an electric mixer (blender or hand-held blender), combine both cheeses w/salt & pepper.
- When blended, add cream until dip reaches desired consistency.
- Fold in dates & bacon. Serve w/dippers and/or crackers of choice.
- NOTE: Altho the recipe did not suggest this, I feel a chill time to allow the flavor to develop would be ideal . & . I think this would be best if allowed to approach room temp b4 being served. My thoughts, but your choices. :-).
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Reviews
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This is the best, I love stilton and with the dates, this sends it over the top with goodness and savoriness. The neighbors heard the bell ringing, and came running throwing their hats and boots everywhere. We sat on porch this late summer afternoon, with tinkling ice tea, just sweating from the coolness in each in glass, and having chilled this since the morning and turned out to be the perfect solution for an impromptu relaxing bit of time gathering stories and catching up on the nearby farms news. Made for ZWT 6 - 2010
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
twissis
Iceland
I am an American transplanted from Dallas to Iceland by marriage to a native Icelander & I retired to become his "Kitchen Queen". We love to entertain our family & friends, so I have an eclectic collection of recipes. I especially love simple, easy-fix, flexible & make-ahead recipes - BUT also like challenging myself on occasion. I enjoy baking & food photography. I am devoted to the "More is Always Better Principle" & apply it liberally to bacon, butter & garlic. I can have ingredient issues due to availability here in Iceland & my DH is medically diet-restricted from some ingredients as well. Either situation might require me to modify a recipe, but I will do my best to be true to your recipes & fair/honest in my reviews. Mary Pat (aka twissis)