Printable Recipe: Caramelized Shallot and Blue Cheese Dip Recipe

Caramelized Shallot and Blue Cheese Dip Recipe

Dips make wonderful make ahead appetizers... after all, most dips taste better as they sit, not worse. This is the kind of appetizer dip recipe that will have your guests scrambling for the recipe-- and the last scrap of dip in the bowl.

Pretty much anything tastes good with this dip recipe, which comes from Bon Appetit Magazine. Serve it with crackers, toast points, crudites, and kettle style potato chips. Or just give your guests a little spoon and watch them fight over it. Makes about 2 cups.

Ingredients:
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 3/4 C. chopped shallots
3/4 C. good quality mayonnaise
3/4 C. creme fraiche or sour cream
4 oz. good quality creamy blue cheese, at room temperature

Instructions: 1. In a skillet, saute shallots in olive oil over medium-low, covered, until golden and carmaelized. This should take about 20 minutes.

2. Let shallots cool.

3. In a mixing bowl, blend mayonnaise and creme fraiche. Add softened blue cheese.

4. Mash mayo mixture and blue cheese together until smooth.

5. Stir in cooled, carmaelized shallots. Add salt and pepper to taste.

6. Cover and refrigerate until flavors mix, at least three hours, or up to two days. Best when made one day ahead.

Note: It's best to choose a blue cheese without too much blue veining. If the cheese looks too blue, the dip may develop a grey color. It'll still be delicious, though!