Avocado Cream Cheese Recipes

CANAPES WITH GARLIC HERB CREAM CHEESE AND AVOCADO

Steps:

• Slice the bread into 1/3-inch slices (cut on the diagonal if it's a very small baguette to get bigger slices). Place them on a baking sheet and lightly brush both sides with melted butter.
• Bake 5 minutes, or until they are just starting to golden. Let these cool to room temperature.
• Toppings: Cut your avocado in half, remove the pit, spoon the avocado flesh out of the shell and cut avocado into slices. Finely chop both green onions and 1/4 cup of fresh dill.
• Use a fork to mash together 8 oz cream cheese, 1/4 cup chopped dill, chopped green onion and your pressed garlic clove.
• Spread enough herbed cream cheese over each canapé to generously cover the top.
• Top canapés with avocado slices and squeeze a couple drops of lemon juice over the avocado slices (this keeps the avocado from browning), then sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper. Garnish with dill and green onion and you're done! It's best fresh but tastes great even after refrigeration.

CREAMY AVOCADO PIE

Steps:

• Blend avocados, sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a blender until smooth; pour into the graham cracker crust.
• Mix sour cream, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; pour over avocado filling. Refrigerate pie until set, about 4 hours.

AVOCADO CREMA

Steps:

• Combine lime juice, cilantro, garlic, avocado, crema, olive oil, salt, and pepper, in that order, in a blender. Blend until mixture is smooth.

AVOCADO-CREAM CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Cut avocado in half, remove pit and scoop out meaty part leaving shell.
• Place avocado in bowl and mash with potato masher.
• Add lemon juice, cream cheese, onion, salt, pepper and milk to avocado and beat with mixer until smooth.
• Serve with tortilla chips or crackers.

AVOCADO PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush an 8-inch springform pan with some of the melted butter. Mix the remaining butter with the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and salt in a bowl. Press the mixture into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared pan. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool completely on a rack.
• Make the filling: Halve and pit the avocados, then scoop out the flesh and chop. Transfer to a bowl, add the cream cheese and beat with a mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add the condensed milk, lime and lemon juices, and the salt and beat until fluffy, scraping the bowl as needed. Pour the filling into the crust, press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface and chill at least 4 hours.
• Remove the springform ring and slice the pie. Garnish with whipped cream or confectioners' sugar, if desired, and serve immediately (the top will start to brown as the pie sits).

AVOCADO CREAM CHEESE SPREAD

Steps:

• Mash avocado with a fork. Blend in all other ingredience. Refrigerate until ready to use.

AVOCADO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine avocados, garlic, lime juice, green onions, cilantro, and tarragon in a food processor; puree until smooth.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in avocado puree and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 5 minutes. Add cream and cook until heated through, but not boiling. Season with salt.