Dirty Martini Dip
Servings: 15
Calories: 99kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g cream cheese softened, cubed
- 80 g sour cream
- 50 - 80 g creamy blue cheese
- 40 g gin or vodka
- 20 g vermouth
- 1 tsp lemon zest finely zested
- 60 g brine from Sicilian olives
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 large pinch salt
- 100-150 g Sicilian olives pitted, in brine (you use the brine too)
To Serve:
- olive oil drizzle
Instructions
Thermo cooker
- Add cream cheese, sour cream, blue cheese, gin, vermouth, lemon zest, 60 g olive brine, onion powder, garlic powder and a large pinch of salt. Blend for 20 sec/speed 4/MC on. Scrape mixer bowl down.
- Blend for a further 5 sec/speed 9/MC on. Scrape out into serving bowl and place in fridge.
- Discard remaining brine and cut olives into quarters.
- At this stage you can either serve the dip immediately topped with olives and a drizzle of olive oil, or you can wait a few hours to overnight for the dip to thicken and flavours to develop.
- optional changes: substitute sicilian olives for pimento stuffed olives OR anchovy stuffed olives depending on how you take your martini.
Conventional
- Add cream cheese, sour cream, blue cheese, gin, vermouth, lemon zest, 60 g olive brine, onion powder, garlic powder and a large pinch of salt. Blend for 20 sec on medium.
- Scrape blender down. Blend for a further 5 sec on high. Scrape out into serving bowl and place in fridge.
- Discard remaining brine and cut olives into quarters.
- At this stage you can either serve the dip immediately topped with olives and a drizzle of olive oil, or you can wait a few hours to overnight for the dip to thicken and flavours to develop.
- optional changes: substitute sicilian olives for pimento stuffed olives OR anchovy stuffed olives depending on how you take your martini.
Nutrition
Calories: 99kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 315mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 309IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 0.1mg
