Best Goat Cheese Dip With Primary Crudites Recipes

Crudités with Lemon-Pesto Goat Cheese Dip image

Provided by Meredith Deeds

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

Assorted vegetables (such as cauliflower and broccoli florets, carrot and celery sticks, bell pepper strips, and jicama sticks)
10 ounces soft fresh goat cheese, room temperature
2/3 cup sour cream
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons purchased pesto
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts

Steps:

Arrange vegetables on platter; cover and chill. Blend cheese, sour cream, 1/4 cup pesto, lemon juice, and lemon peel in processor until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to serving bowl. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
Top dip with dollops of remaining 2 tablespoons pesto. Sprinkle dip with toasted pine nuts. Serve dip alongside platter of assorted vegetables.

Herbed Goat Cheese Sauce for Crudites image

Provided by Food Network

Categories appetizer

Time 45m

Yield about 1-1/2 cups/375 ml

Number Of Ingredients 6

3/4 cup/175 ml milk, plus more if needed
2 sprigs fresh rosemary, chopped
12 ounces/330 g fresh goat cheese
Zest and juice of 1 lemon, to taste
Freshly ground black pepper and salt, if needed
Serving suggestion: Serve with assorted raw vegetables.

Steps:

Put the milk with the rosemary in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, remove the saucepan from the heat, cover and set aside to infuse, until cold. In a bowl, beat the cheese to soften. When the milk is cool, strain it and gradually whisk it into the cheese. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, to taste and pepper. Taste, and add salt, if needed. Serve with beautifully cut raw vegetables for dipping.