Sun Dried Tomatoes Pesto and Cream Cheese Cold Dip recipe by Tarla Dalal

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Sun Dried Tomatoes, Pesto and Cream Cheese Cold Dip

This attractive and innovative dip comprises three sauces layered one above the other in a bowl. Pesto sauce loaded with basil, the famous Italian herb, milky cream cheese sauce with a dash of herbs and sun-dried tomato sauce. You can also try these recipes Olive Cream Cheese Dip and Radish, Cucumber and Curd Dip .

Sun Dried Tomatoes, Pesto and Cream Cheese Cold Dip

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cooking Time: Nil.
Serves 4.

Sun Dried Tomatoes, Pesto and Cream Cheese Cold Dip

Ingredients

½ cup cream cheese

For the pesto mixture

2 cups fresh basil leaves
¼ cup chopped walnuts (akhrot)
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp chopped garlic (lehsun)
½ tsp lemon juice
Salt to taste

For the sun-dried tomatoes mixture

¾ cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked, drained and chopped
Salt to taste
1 tbsp olive oil

For Serving

Vegetable crudités
Potato wafers

For the pesto mixture

Combine all the ingredients in a mixer and blend into a smooth paste without adding water. Keep aside.

For the sun-dried tomatoes mixture

Combine the sun dried tomatoes, ½ cup of water and salt in a mixer and blend into a smooth paste.
Add the olive oil and blend again into a smooth paste. Keep aside.

How to proceed

Take a deep glass bowl, spread the cream cheese evenly at the bottom, top it with the pesto mixture and spread it evenly
Finally top it with the sundried tomato mixture and spread it evenly.
Refrigerate it for 1 hour.
Serve chilled with vegetable crudités and potato wafers.