Warm Black And Blue Cheese Dip Recipes

WARM BLACK-AND-BLUE CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Place both cheeses, shallots, garlic, cream, Worcestershire, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in the bowl of a food processor; blend until smooth, scraping down bowl as needed.
• Transfer to an 8-inch gratin dish or other shallow baking dish. Bake until heated through and lightly browned in places, 20 to 25 minutes (if heated through but not browned, broil 30 to 60 seconds).
• Decorate with edible insects (use dates and raisins for bodies, and pepitas and almonds for appendages), and serve warm, with crackers and crudités.

BLUE CHEESE DIP II

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix mayonnaise, sour cream, green onions, dried parsley, blue cheese and garlic salt. Cover and chill in the refrigerator until serving.

WARM BLUE CHEESE DIP WITH GARLIC AND BACON

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Remove bacon from skillet, drain on paper towels and crumble.
• Place garlic in hot bacon grease. Cook and stir until soft, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place cream cheese and half-and-half in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until blended. Stir in bacon, garlic, blue cheese and chives. Transfer mixture to a medium baking dish.
• Bake covered in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.

SPICY MOLTEN BLUE CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place cream cheese in bowl of a food processor and pulse to soften.
• Using a mortar and pestle or flat part of a knife, mash garlic and salt together until it forms a paste. Place paste in food processor along with cream, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and pepper. Run motor until mixture is smooth. Add blue cheese and chives and pulse just to combine.
• Scrape mixture into a small (1-quart or smaller) gratin dish or baking pan, and bake until dip is melted and bubbling, 30 to 40 minutes. Sprinkle extra hot sauce on top, if desired, and serve hot or warm, with celery sticks and chips or chicken wings if you like.

BLUE CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Puree 1 1/2 cups sour cream, 3/4 cup mayonnaise and 1/2 pound blue cheese. Add chopped chives, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, and celery salt and pepper to taste.
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WARM BLUE CHEESE, BACON & GARLIC DIP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 1/2 teaspoon drippings., Saute garlic in reserved drippings for 1 minute; transfer to a small bowl. Add cream cheese and cream; beat until smooth. Stir in the blue cheese, chives and bacon., Transfer to a 1-qt. baking dish; cover and bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake 5-10 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Sprinkle with almonds; serve with chips.

WARM BLUE CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In nonstick skillet, cook bacon over medium-high heat for about 8 minutes or until nearly crisp.
• Drain bacon; wipe skillet dry.
• Return bacon to skillet; add garlic and cook over medium heat until bacon is crisp, about 3 minutes, making sure garlic doesn't burn.
• Drain on paper towels.
• With mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese until smooth.
• Add cream; beat well.
• Fold in bacon, garlic, blue cheese and chives.
• Transfer to a 2-cup baking dish.
• Sprinkle top evenly with almonds.
• Bake until heated through and brown on top, 25-30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with parsley.
• Serve with crackers, bread and/or vegetables.

BUFFALO CRUDITéS WITH BLUE CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Make the dip: In a small bowl, stir together the blue cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream and lemon juice. Thin with milk until spoonable. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside. (Dip keeps for up to 4 days in the refrigerator; thin as needed with more milk.)
• Just before serving, prepare the crudités: In a large bowl, stir together the hot sauce, olive oil and garlic until combined. Toss with vegetables until evenly coated. Serve with the dip.