Roasted Garlic and Almond Spread

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup unblanched almonds, chopped
• 16 garlic cloves, peeled
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon rosemary (dried)
• 2 shallots, chopped
• 3 tablespoons whipping cream
• 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

Instructions

1. Toast almonds in heavy pan until slightly brown.
2. Place garlic in shallow baking dish. Add olive oil and bake at 275 degrees F for 30 minutes. Cool.
3. Puree garlic and oil into blender.
4. Add cream cheese, sour cream, mustard and Worcestershire sauce; blend well.
5. Add almonds, parsley, rosemary, shallots, whipping cream and Tabasco sauce and blend well again.
6. Chill for several hours.
7. Serve with thinly sliced, toasted bread.