Blue Cheese Pear Dip
This Blue Cheese Pear Dip is the perfect mildly sweet and savory dip to pair with veggies, fruit, bread or use it as a salad dressing!Adapted from Epicurious.
Servings: 16 1-ounce servings
Calories: 75kcal
Special Equipment
- mini food processor
Ingredients
- 4 ounces canned pears in syrup, drain pears and keep the syrup; dice the pears
- 3 ounces crumbled blue cheese, stilton, gorgonzola or roquefort can be used
- ½ cup light sour cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts, optional
- fresh veggies, fresh fruit, baguettes, crackers, optional to serve the dip with
Instructions
- Drain and chop the canned pears saving the syrup. Set aside.
- Combine all ingredients except the nuts in a mini food processor and mix until smooth. For added sweetness, add syrup a little at a time.
- Chill for at least one hour and up to one day.
- If desired, sprinkle with chopped walnuts before serving.
- Enjoy with fresh vegetables or sliced fruits or toasted baguette. OR, thin it with some of the syrup from the pears and use it as a salad dressing!
Notes
Gr8 Note:
Use the drained pear syrup to add to thin the dip and use as a salad dressing!
This nutritional information is only an estimate. We do not guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 134mg | Potassium: 55mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg
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