Roasted Almond Garlic Spread

Ingredients:

½ Cup Maisie Jane’s Organic Zesty Italian Sliced Almond Delights

16 cloves garlic, peeled

3 T. olive oil

8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

¼ Cup sour cream

2 tsp. Dijon mustard

1 tsp. Worchestershire sauce

2T. chopped fresh parsley or Basil

1 tsp. dried rosemary leaves, crushed

2 shallots, chopped3 T. whipping cream

¼ tsp. hot sauce

Instructions:

Put garlic in shallow baking dish and add olive oil. Bake at 275 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool the garlic in the oil for ½ hour, then puree garlic and oil in blender. To the garlic puree, add the cream cheese, sour cream, mustard and Worchestershire; blend well. Add the almonds, parley or basil, rosemary shallots,whipping cream and hot sauce; blend again. Transfer the spread to a glass bowl, chill for several hours.Serve with thinly sliced fresh or toasted bread. Also great to use as a veggie dip.

Yield: 2 cups