Cream Cheese-Olive Roll-Ups

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

These are easy to make, plan ahead the rolled tortillas need to chill for a few hours before slicing, watch the garlic amount adding in too much will overpower all other ingredients, the garlic flavor will intensify with chilling time, I would suggest no more than 2 teaspoons --- Mexi-blend shredded cheese may be used in place of the cheddar, prep time includes chilling time

• Total Time: 2 hrs
• Prep Time: 2 hrs
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 8 tortillas

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 -2 teaspoon fresh minced garlic
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise (do not use salad dressing)
• 2/3 cup pitted green olives, finely chopped
• 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can pitted black olives, finely chopped
• 5 -6 green onions, finely chopped
• 1/2-1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (or to taste)
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (might use more or less)
• 8 (10 inch) flour tortillas

Directions:

1. Hand-squeeze out as much excess moisture in the olives as possible before chopping, and make certain to chop finely.
2. In a bowl combine cream cheese with garlic, mayonnaise, green and black olives, green onions and black pepper; mix to combine well.
3. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture over each tortilla, then sprinkle a small amount cheddar cheese over the top of the cream cheese.
4. Roll up each tortilla as tightly as possible.
5. Place each tortilla onto a plate.
6. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for a couple of hours or up to 24 hours (a longer chilling time will only improve on the flavor).
7. Slice each tortilla into about 1-inch pieces.

Reviews

[Skylar]

This was great for an office party. I added ham slices to each tortilla and substituted regular cream cheese for green onion and chive cream cheese. Since I did that I also cut out the green onions. I bought the black olives already chopped in a can. Might use less green olives next time as they were pretty salty. So quick and easy to make!

[brandeen]

very easy to prepare and takes no time at all.delicious, everyone loved it!

[sklhczech]

These are wonderful! I made 2 batches of these on Friday for a surprise birthday party on Saturday night and they were gone before I knew it. The flavor was fantastic!! The only thing that I did differently was to mix in the shredded cheddar cheese instead of sprinkling it over the top of the cream cheese mixture. Thanks for a great recipe!