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Cream Cheese and Hot Pepper Jelly Dip
Cream cheese covered with hot pepper jelly, is one of those non-recipe recipes really, unless you might want to make your own hot pepper jelly, but this dip is always a big hit at parties and gatherings so give it a try at your next gathering and see how your guests react.Now you can go and fancy it up if you want to by scooping the cream cheese into a shaped dish and maybe putting just enough pepper jelly to just dress the top, but honestly I find it works best not to dress it up at all, but to just lay that block of cream cheese out just as it is in all of it's rectangular glory, and pretty much just dump the pepper jelly over the top and let it ooze down the sides and pool up into the bowl.
It's most readily recognized that way down South anyhow! What could be easier? Here's how to make it.
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Recipe: Cream Cheese and Hot Pepper Jelly Dip
©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min | Yield: About 10 to 12 servings
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1 (8 ounce) block of cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 small jar of hot pepper jelly
- 2-3 sleeves of crackers
Place a bowl just big enough to accommodate a single block of cream cheese (with a little bit of wiggle room around it) into another pretty serving tray. Place the softened cream cheese in the center bowl. Loosen up the hot pepper jelly by vigorously stirring it, then slowly pour it over the top of the cream cheese, letting it pool around the cream cheese a bit. Set aside any remaining pepper jelly in the jar to replenish the dip later. Surround the cream cheese dish by laying out Ritz crackers on the outer serving tray and watch how fast this dish disappears!
Variation: Combine a can of whole berry cranberry sauce with the pepper jelly.
Cook's Notes: My Louisiana friends often make this same dip using the Pickapeppa Sauce instead of the pepper jelly, and some folks even like to put Tiger Sauce on the cream cheese block. I prefer pepper jelly for the sweet hot combination, but the Pickapeppa and Tiger Sauce are both good choices. A spicy chutney is also very good. For something totally different, try pouring a small jar of salsa or marinara sauce on top, or top with a small can of small shrimp and pour cocktail sauce over the top.
COOL TIP FOR CHRISTMAS - While the cream cheese is still cold, cut the bar in half diagonally lengthwise so that you have two triangles. Flip one around so that it forms the shape of a tree. Stick a small length of green onion in the bottom of the tree to form a stump, and use a cookie cutter to cut out a small star from a piece of yellow bell pepper for the tree topper. Spread the pepper jelly on top, sprinkle the tree with finely chopped green onion.
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