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 Recipe Sun-dried Tomato and Sweet Basil Holiday Spread
 Serve with Deaver Sangiovese  (available ONLINE)

Ingredients: 1 tub (8 oz) Whipped Cream Cheese 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 Tablespoon garlic powder 1/3 cup Cuisine Perel Sweet Basil & Pinon Pesto 1/3 cup Cuisine Perel Balsamic Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Garnish with Italian parsley Cuisine Perel Dipping Crackers or your favorite crackers Method: Place cream cheese in a bowl; set aside. Wash tub; line with plastic wrap, with ends of wrap extending over side of tub. Set aside. Add Parmesan cheese and garlic powder to cream cheese and mix until well blended. Spoon Sweet Basil & Pinon pesto into prepared tub. Layer half of the cream cheese mixture on top of Sweet Basil & Pinon pesto. Cover with Balsamic Sun-dried Tomato Pesto. Top with remaining cream cheese mixture; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Un-mold spread onto serving plate, remove and discard plastic wrap. Place crackers around spread, garnish with Italian parsley. Enjoy with a glass of Deaver Vineyards 2004 Sangiovese and good friends. Makes 1-1/2 cup Tested and contributed by Kristi Santens November 6, 2007