Raspberry Cheese Spread Recipe

By traciesparks

A party guest brought this attractive appetizer to our home, and we fell in love with it," says Jane Montgomery from Hilliard, Ohio. "Now I often make it myself with we have company."

Ingredients

• 4 ounces PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese (softened or cubed), softened
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
• 3 green onions, finely chopped
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup seedless raspberry preserves
• Assorted crackers

Details

Servings 28
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Beat in cheeses and onions. Stir in pecans. Spread into a plastic wrap-lined 9-in. round dish. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.

Invert onto a serving plate; spread with preserves. Serve with crackers. Yield: about 3-1/2 cups.


Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (2 tablespoons) equals 157 calories, 14 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 141 mg sodium, 3 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 4 g protein.

Raspberry Cheese Spread published in Quick Cooking September/October 2004, p36