Salsa Baked Goat Cheese
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1⁄4 1/4 cup walnuts or 1/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 4 ounces plain goat cheese (or you can just use more cream cheese)
- 1 cup salsa (your favorite)
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped for garnish
- pita bread rounds or crisp toast
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Spread the nuts on a baking sheet and toast them in the oven until lightly browned and very fragrant, 7-8 minutes should do it.
- Transfer to a medium bowl Add the cheeses to the bowl and combine thoroughly with the nuts.
- Scoop the cheese mixture into the center of a baking dish, such as a decorative 9" pie plate, and form into a 5" disk.
- Spoon te salsa over and around the cheese.
- Bake until heated through, 10-15 minutes.
- Sprinkle with the cilantro and serve as a dip or a spread with tortilla chips or other crisps*Note: if the salsa is very chunky, you may want to strain it or chop it in a food processor so the pieces won't fall off the chips.
- Also, really good if the chips are heated!
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Reviews
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This was very good. My choice of nuts was Pecans. I also used a mild flavored goat cheese, tomato & basil. I had this with pita chips, very crunchy, my BH had with Lime flavored tortilla chips. I left out the cilantro, I don't care for it personally. We had this along with Chili during a Georgia football game, a hit! Thanks for posting!!
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I bought some goat cheese from Sam's club and was wondering what to do with it when I ran across this recipe. I made it for a gathering and everyone loved it. Honestly, the guests talked about it all night! Definitely a keeper! I used walnuts, but think any of the nuts suggested would work out as well. Great recipe Tish!
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TishT
Las Vegas, Nevada
I live in Las Vegas. I was lucky enough to run into Recipezaar around Nov. 2000 and got hooked quickly. I am a cookbook collector and have been collecting recipes for as long as I can remember. My DH had to build in shelves for all my cookbooks! I like to dabble with OAMC and for a few years hosted the Budget/OAMC forum with some great people over there. Even though I don't work in the forum any longer I've set up a lot of cookbooks for the purpose of OAMC and stretching food that might be helpful. Please feel free to check them out! I go on food jags and cooking jags! Please come say hi to me and chat on facebook. I currently host a blog for saving money through finding deals and coupons if you are interested. Most of the time I try to cook and have a good dinner on the table but I'll be honest enough to say there is still fast food occasionally in the budget! I have had such wonderful support here whenever I need it. Thank you all for being here! Just a quick note on how I rate recipes:
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