Don't get yourself caught up in the same old boring sandwiches day after day after day. Try something new that will add some sandwich excitement to your daily life. These sandwich spreads are great as a sandwich or great spread over your favorite crunchy cracker. Naturally I love the spreads that have lots of cream cheese or sour cream in them- so the recipes that you find on this page is full of cream cheese or sour cream! MOOOO! Keep these spreads in mind when you have your next tea party too!
Now let me give you a good hent to making a great sandwich. These spreads are not just for bread alone. Most people will use a spread recipe as the main thing in-between two pieces of bread. Use these spreads to add some creamy zip to your regular everyday sandwiches too! Use it as you would use mayonnaise and see how it will make your sandwiches melt in your mouth!
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What is a Spread? wikipedia
"A spread is a food that is spread with a knife onto bread, crackers, or other bread products. Spreads are added to bread products to provide flavor and texture, and are an integral part of the dish, i.e., they should be distinguished from condiments, which are optional additions. Spreads should also be distinguished from dips, which do not employ a knife in applying it to crackers or chips."
"As such, "spread" has a functional definition, which means that the same food can be categorized as a spread, a "condiment", or an "ingredient" under different circumstances. A good example of this would be butter, which could appear on a hamburger as a condiment, on buttered toast as a spread, and in mashed potatoes as an ingredient."
"Common spreads include cheeses, creams, and butters (spreads made from milk; though the term butter is broadly applied to many spreads); and jams and jellies (spreads made from fruit). Spreads are also made from vegetables (e.g., vegemite, hummus, baba ghanoush, and meats (e.g., pâté, fleischbutter, cretons)."
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Lemon Mayonnaise
A great addition to any sandwich as a sandwich spread.
Yields: 1-1/4 cup
Ingredients:
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest
2 teaspoons coarse-grained mustard
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste
In a small bowl stir together mayonnaise, sour cream, zest, mustard, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste.
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Orange Cream Cheese
Yields: 4 cups
Ingredients:
2 8-oz pkgs cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp. sugar
grated zest from 2 oranges
1-2 tbsp. Grand Marnier
Whip cream cheese in food processor or blender until smooth. Add grated zest, sugar and Grand Marnier. Blend until fluffy and sugar dissolves, scraping down sides often. Spoon into serving bowl and refrigerate overnight.
Substitutions
Tangerine Cream Cheese
Use tangerine zest instead of orange
Lemon Cream Cheese
Use lemon zest and lemon liqour
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Raspberry Cream Cheese
Yields: 4 cups
Ingredients:
2 8-oz pkgs cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp. sugar
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries, thawed
1-2 tbsp. kirschwasser (raspberry liqour)
Whip cream cheese in food processor or blender until smooth. Add 6 to 8 raspberries (reserve remaining raspberries for garnish). Add sugar and kirschwasser. Blend until fluffy and sugar dissolves, scraping down sides often. Spoon into serving bowl and refrigerate overnight.
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CHICKEN CRUNCH SANDWICH SPREAD
(webmasters personal recipe)
Use 1 canned chicken spread
or TIP: Use your own homemade chicken salad recipe with large chunks of chicken.
My chicken salad recipe is.....THE BEST!
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Boil 1 whole chicken-pull meat off the bones in chunks.
2 cups sour cream-
1/2 t poultry seasoning
3 oz Cream cheese
1/2 c chopped Dried Figs
1/4 c Finely chopped mixed nuts
1 t Minced candied ginger
Combine chicken spread with cream cheese, California dried figs, nuts and
ginger. Use as a sandwich filling.
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Olive Cheese Spread
Served as an appetizer spread with crackers, or as a sandwich spread with bagels or crusty french rolls.
INGREDIENTS:
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 cup shredded Muenster cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 Tbsp. butter, softened
4 oz. can sliced pitted olives, drained
PREPARATION:
Combine cheeses and butter in large bowl and mix until smooth. Stir in olives. Chill a few hours to blend flavors.
Serves 24
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Spreads are semisolid, spreadable condiments
"usually added on top of an otherwise finished dish, to enhance flavor and add moisture or texture. Less fully explored in traditional european cuisine than sauces, spreads have become popular in recent decades for their long shelf life and ease of use. Some basic spreads, such as butter, have been in cookbooks for many millennia."
Butters
- Simple butter is made from milk, and consists almost entirely of milkfat and water. Most butter comes from cow milk; variants from goat's milk also exist.
- Fruit butters can be made from fruit preserves and sugar, without any milk products. A common American variety is apple butter.
- Meat butter or fleischbutter is a German specialty, made from a combination of ground meat, butter, and spices. The most common fleischbutter is made with ground pork; variants use beef, lamb, kidney, tripe, and other muscle and organ meats.
- Peanut butter can be made with nothing but peanuts and water; variants add sugar, milk, or other nuts. Peanut butter comes in both smooth and chunky varieties, depending on the fineness of the grinding process.
Other spreads
- Rouxs - these are more sauces than spreads; some can however be quite thick.
- Babaganoush - is made with eggplant
- Hummus and tahini - are made with chickpeas
- Mayonnaise - is made with eggwhites and oil
- Salsa, made with fresh tomatoes, green peppers, hot peppers, and other fruits; always spicy
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