Baked Feta Cheese Dip with Cranberries
Try this Baked Feta Cheese Dip with Cranberries for a simple, festive appetizer. Minimal ingredients, easy cleanup, and so much holiday flavour!
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups cranberries, fresh or frozen
- 3 tablespoon honey, divided
- ¼ cup orange juice
- zest of ½ an orange
- 2 springs rosemary, finely chopped
- 7 oz full fat feta cheese
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon chili flakes
- 3 tablespoon cream cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Prepare a 9x6” baking dish by lightly oiling all sides.
- To the dish add cranberries, 2 tablespoon honey, orange juice, orange zest and half of the rosemary. Toss to combine.
- To the center of the cranberries at the block of feta. Drizzle with olive oil (ensuring all sides of the feta are full covered). Top with remaining 1 tablespoon of honey and sprinkle with black pepper, chili flakes and remainder of rosemary.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Before removing from the oven- broil for 5 minutes to slightly brown the cheese.
- For a sliced feta cranberry option: drain any excess liquid from the cranberries, slice feta and serve as is with crackers of choice!
- For a creamy cranberry feta dip: after removing the feta and cranberries from the oven, mix in cream cheese, gently mashing the feta and cranberries.
Notes
Please note if you do decide to use frozen the dip may be slightly more liquid! So just drain any excess liquid after baking!
*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Nutrition
Serving: 2tablespoon | Calories: 110kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 241mg | Potassium: 49mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 185IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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