Goat Cheese Spread
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 11:35pm

Ingredients




2 ounces pkt cream cheese - (8  ea) softened
8 ounces goat cheese
2 garlic cloves minced
4 teaspoons chopped fresh
teaspoon (or 1 ¼  dried oregano)
1/8 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
1/4 cup basil pesto
1/2 cup dried tomatoes in oil
Dried tomato slivers for garnish
Fresh oregano sprigs for garnish
French bread slices or crackers for serving





Preparation

1 Process first 5 ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Spread one-third of cheese mixture in bottom of a plastic wrap-lined 8- by 4-inch loafpan. Top with pesto; spread one-third cheese mixture over pesto. Sprinkle with dried tomatoes; top with remaining cheese mixture. Cover and chill 8 hours. 2 Invert spread onto a serving plate, discarding plastic wrap. Garnish, if desired. Serve with French bread slices or crackers. 3 To garnish, cut one dried tomato into slivers. Gently press fresh oregano sprigs and tomato slivers in a decorative pattern over the top of the cheese after it is inverted. 4 This recipe yields 12 to 16 appetizer servings. 


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Preparation

 1  Process first 5 ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Spread one-third of cheese mixture in bottom of a plastic wrap-lined 8- by 4-inch loafpan. Top with pesto; spread one-third cheese mixture over pesto. Sprinkle with dried tomatoes; top with remaining cheese mixture. Cover and chill 8 hours.  2  Invert spread onto a serving plate, discarding plastic wrap. Garnish, if desired. Serve with French bread slices or crackers.  3  To garnish, cut one dried tomato into slivers. Gently press fresh oregano sprigs and tomato slivers in a decorative pattern over the top of the cheese after it is inverted.  4  This recipe yields 12 to 16 appetizer servings.