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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This is a deliciously creamy appetizer. Ingredients:
one 10 oz, round of gouda cheese |
2 cloves garlic |
1 tbsp. softened butter or margarine |
2 tbsp. red or white wine |
1/8 tsp pepper |
1 tbsp. chopped fresh chives, or 1 tsp dried chives |
crackers or vegetable sticks |
Directions:
1. Allow cheese to come to room temperature. Meanwhile, roast garlic: oil a small ovenproof dish; place garlic cloves in dish with 2 tbs water. Cover dish. Roast in 330F oven for 45 minutes, or till garlic is very tender Cool.
2. Peel off red covering from cheese; discard. With a sharp knife, cut a 3-inch circle on one of the flat sides of the cheese; remove. Hollow out cheese with a melon bailer or grapefruit knife, making a shell that is about 1/4 inch thick at the sides, and 1/2 inch thick at the base. Finely shred cheese that was removed. Place in blender or small food processor with butter, wine, and pepper. Slit garlic cloves; squeeze out contents into blender. Cover blender; mix briefly till combined.
3. Spoon mixture into the cheese shell, mounding it over the top. Sprinkle with chives. Cover and refrigerate till 1 hour before serving; then allow to come to room temperature. Serve with crackers or vegetable sticks.
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