Categories: appetizers, party

Ingredients

• 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 8 ounces goat cheese
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 teaspoons chopped fresh or 1 1/4 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1/4 cup basil pesto
• 1/2 cup dried tomatoes in oil, drained and chopped

Directions

1. Preparation

2. Process first 5 ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Spread one-third of cheese mixture in bottom of a plastic wrap-lined 8- x 4-inch loafpan. Top with pesto; spread one-third cheese mixture over pesto

3. Sprinkle with dried tomatoes; top with remaining cheese mixture. Cover and chill 8 hours.

4. Invert spread onto a serving plate, discarding plastic wrap. Garnish, if desired. Serve with French bread slices or crackers.
5. Note:

6. To garnish as in our photo, cut one dried tomato into slivers. Gently press fresh oregano sprigs and tomato slivers in a decorative pattern over the top of the cheese after it is inverted.

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