Mediterranean Cream & Goat Cheese Spread
California is known for its wine, and what was once the primary wine region in Napa, now extends to central and southern California. These wine regions are some of the most famous.
I’m talking about wines, though, because first of all, this tangy and creamy cheese spread goes perfectly with a nice red, which is how we discovered this dish to begin with. While living in Temecula, CA (the southern region for quality wines), we were members of Thornton Winery. Every so often, we’d go for a quick lunch and free wine tasting. The light lunch we mainly chose was the cheese dip served with a toasted baguette.
Spread on a good amount of the dip, followed by briny olives and a squeeze of lemon—to die for!
Mediterranean Cream & Goat Cheese Spread
Ingredients
- 4 ounce cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 1/2 ounce goat cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp fresh basil, chopped
- 1 tbsp chives or green onion tops, chopped (optional)
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp fresh lemon thyme OR lemon-flavored goat cheese
- Good quality extra virgin olive oil
- Assorted olives
- Lemon wedges
Instructions
- Mix the first 9 ingredients (cream cheesethrough lemon thyme) together until well blended. Let sit for 30 minutes to meld flavors. Place the cheese in a bowl and drizzle witholive oil. Add olives and lemonwedge(s). Serve with crackers, melbatoast or toasted baguette slices.
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