Recipe for cooking Buttery Blue Cheese Spread with Walnuts

Starters and Snacks :: Savoy Dips and Spreads

Buttery Blue Cheese Spread with Walnuts

Source: Southern Living online - December 2000

24 oz. softened cream cheese
1/2 C. butter, softened
4 oz. crumbled blue cheese
1/2 C. diced walnuts, toasted
1/2 C. chopped fresh chives
1/4 C. cream sherry (optional)
1 (16 oz.) round bread loaf
Garnishes: toasted diced walnuts, chopped fresh chives, rosemary sprigs

Stir together first 5 ingredients and, if desired, sherry in a lrg. bowl; cover and chill mixture 8 hr..

Let stand at room temperature to soften; or freeze spread up to 1 month, and thaw in the refrigerator for 8 hr..

Hollow out bread loaf, leaving a 1-in.-thick shell; reserve inside of loaf for other uses. Spoon softened cheese spread into shell. Garnish, if desired. Serve with sliced apples and pears or with toasted French baguette slices.

Makes approximately approximately 5 C. (24 appetizer servings).