Recipe for buttery blue cheese spread with walnuts
ingredients
24 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
1/2 cup diced walnuts, toasted
1/2 cup chopped fresh chives
1/4 cup cream sherry (optional)
1 (16 ounce) round bread loaf
Garnishes: toasted diced walnuts, chopped fresh chives, rosemary sprigs
recipe
- Stir together first 5 ingredients and, if desired, sherry in a large bowl
- Cover and chill for 8 hours.
- Let stand at room temperature to soften
- Hollow out bread loaf, leaving a 1-inch-thick shell; reserve inside of loaf for other uses. Spoon softened cheese spread into shell.
- Garnish, if desired.
- Serve with sliced apples and pears or with toasted French baguette slices.
