Gherkin Dip

Blue Cheese Dip

1 crushed garlic clove 75g cream cheese 3tbsp sour cream 100g Gorgonzola 1tbsp cider vinegar 2tbsp finely chopped chives

● Put the garlic, cream cheese and sour cream in a bowl. Add in two thirds of the Gorgonzola.

● Whizz with a hand blender until smooth.

● Pour in the vinegar. Blend again.

● Put the mixture into a serving dish and gently fold in the remaining Gorgonzola cheese (crumbled up) and the snipped chives.

● Try other blue cheeses such as Danish blue or Roquefort for example. No need to use a blender, a fork to mix everything together is perfect.

● Serve with vegetable batons or piled high on crackers.

● If you don’t have any sour cream, you could use a little milk as all you’re basically doing is loosening up the mixture. 100g Philadelphia or similar cheese 2tbsp sour cream 1tbsp finely chopped fresh dill 1tsp finely chopped garlic

2 small finely chopped green ends of spring onions

100g finely chopped gherkins Seasoning to taste

● Blend the cream cheese with the sour cream then gently mix everything together.

● Season, if required, to taste.

● Chill for at least 10 minutes, covered in the fridge.

● For a quick ‘n’ easy recipe just mix gherkins into the cream cheese and season to taste. Exact quantities are not essential with this recipe… a good base starter recipe.

“A zingy gherkin or pungent Gorgonzola dip can be easily rustled up with the minimum of ingredients, even if time is tight”