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Charred Pepper Cheddar Cottage Cheese Dip

A creamy, tangy cottage cheese dip blended with skillet-charred red pepper, sharp cheddar and smoked paprika, served with crisp, sweet bell pepper strips for scooping.

Charred Pepper Cheddar Cottage Cheese Dip

Ingredients

  • 3½ medium420 gRed bell pepperone pepper cut into wide strips for charring, the rest cut into dipping strips
  • 1½ medium180 gGreen bell peppercut into dipping strips
  • 1½ cups340 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • ⅓ cup shredded40 gCheddar cheesefinely shredded
  • 1¾ tsp8 gOlive oil
  • 1 clove3 gGarlicpeeled
  • ¾ tsp2 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
  • 2 tsp10 gLime juice
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gCrushed red pepper
  • 1 medium15 gGreen onionsthinly sliced

Steps

  1. Cut the red bell pepper: set aside about 150 g (one pepper) in wide strips for charring, and cut the remaining red bell pepper into dipping strips. Cut the green bell pepper into dipping strips and chill all the dipping strips.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the wide red pepper strips skin side down and the garlic clove, and cook, turning occasionally, until the pepper is blistered and soft and the garlic is golden, about 8 to 10 minutes.
  3. Move the charred pepper and garlic to a plate and let cool for 10 minutes.
  4. In a blender or food processor, blend the cottage cheese, cooled charred pepper, garlic, cheddar, smoked paprika, lime juice and red pepper flakes until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides once.
  5. Spoon the dip into a bowl and scatter the green onion over the top.
  6. Serve with the chilled red and green bell pepper strips for dipping.

Contains: Milk.

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