Pesto-Pepper Cheese Spread Recipe

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I get tons of recipe requests whenever I bring this zippy spread to a party. Use convenient store-bought pesto or your favorite homemade version.—Lara Pennell, Mauldin, South Carolina

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Pesto-Pepper Cheese Spread Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
2 cups crumbled goat cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons prepared pesto
1/3 cup chopped roasted sweet red peppers
Assorted crackers or sliced French bread baguette

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, goat cheese, oil, thyme and garlic.
Line a 1-qt. bowl with plastic wrap. Place a third of the cheese mixture in bowl; top with pesto, half of the remaining cheese mixture, the peppers and remaining cheese mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Invert cheese mixture onto a serving plate; discard plastic wrap. Serve with crackers. Yield: 3 cups.

Originally published as Pesto-Pepper Cheese Spread in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2010, p42