ITALIAN TORTE

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This is a wonderful mix of pesto, sun-dried tomatoes and cream cheese formed into an attractive torte-like dome. You can't go wrong with this recipe.

Provided by ELAINE05

Categories     Appetizers and Snacks     Dips and Spreads Recipes     Cheese Dips and Spreads Recipes     Cold Cheese Dip Recipes

Time 3h20m

Yield 32

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 ounces sun-dried tomatoes
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 clove garlic, minced
10 slices provolone cheese
8 ounces pesto

Steps:

  • Bring a small saucepan of water to boil. Turn off heat. Place sun-dried tomatoes in the water and cover for 5 minutes. Drain and finely chop.
  • In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese and garlic.
  • Line a medium bowl or loaf pan with a large piece of dampened cheese cloth. Layer with 1/3 of the provolone cheese. Spread with 1/2 the pesto. Pour in 1/2 the cream cheese and garlic mixture. Layer with 1/2 the sun-dried tomatoes. Layer with 1/3 provolone, remaining pesto, remaining cream cheese and garlic mixture and remaining sun-dried tomatoes. Top with remaining provolone cheese.
  • Pull cheese cloth around the layered mixture and gently press into a bowl to mold and remove excess oil. Chill in the refrigerator 3 to 4 hours. Remove cheese cloth and turn upside down onto a large dish to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 124.3 calories, Carbohydrate 2.5 g, Cholesterol 23.9 mg, Fat 10.7 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 5.5 g, Sodium 231.5 mg, Sugar 1.1 g

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