One of my favorite holiday appetizers is this Whipped Cream Cheese with Warm Cranberries and Pistachios. It’s easy to make, delicious, and oh so pretty!
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Whipped Cream Cheese with Warm Cranberries and Pistachios:
This Whipped Cream Cheese with Warm Cranberries appetizer is super easy to make. We start by using a hand mixer to whip together cream cheese and goat cheese. Then we melt butter, brown sugar and honey in a pan and add dried cranberries, chopped pistachios and orange zest. We pour this sweet berry and nut mix over the cream cheese and serve. The whole process takes about 10 minutes. Serve with a variety of crackers and this will be the appetizer everyone is standing around.
Can You Make Ahead?
What I would advise is this: you can whip the cheeses together ahead of time and keep in the fridge until an hour before serving, you’ll want it room temp when serving or the crackers will break when dipping. You can also chop the pistachios in advance, but since the topping is served warm, you’ll need to cook the fruit and nuts right before serving, luckily that only takes a few minutes.
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The Recipe: Whipped Cream Cheese with Warm Cranberries and Pistachios
What you need: a hand mixer, a microplane (for zesting citrus) and a good sea salt!
Whipped Cream Cheese with Warm Cranberries and Pistachios
Ingredients
- 8 ounce cream cheese, room temperature
- 4 ounces plain goat cheese
- pinch sea salt
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey (divided)
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ⅔ cup pistachios, chopped
- zest of one orange
- Crackers of your choice
Instructions
- With a hand mixer, beat together cream cheese, goat cheese, 1 tablespoon honey and a pinch of sea salt
- Place cheese mixture in a bowl and use the back of the spoon to swirl it around and smooth it out
- Place a pan on medium heat, add butter. When butter is melted, add brown sugar and 2 tablespoons honey, stir, cooking for two minutes allowing sugar to completely dissolve. Add cranberries and nuts, stir well.
- Turn off heat. Use a microplane to remove the zest from one orange. Add zest to pan and stir. Pour mixture over whipped cheese. Serve with crackers.
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