Roasted Red Pepper & Herb Dip

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leave
• 1 cup loosely packed fresh parsley leaves, chopped
• 1 medium red pepper
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 clove garlic, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup snipped chives

Recipe

• 1 ---to roast pepper---.
• 2 preheat broiler.
• 3 line broiling pan (without rack) with aluminum foil.
• 4 cut pepper lengthwise in half, discard stem and seeds.
• 5 arrange halves, cut side down, in broiling pan.
• 6 place broiling pan in broiler 5 to 6 inches from source of heat and broil pepper until it's blackened and blistered, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• 7 wrap foil around pepper and allow to steam at room temperature 15 minutes or until cool enough to handle.
• 8 remove pepper from foil.
• 9 peel off skin and discard.
• 10 cut each pepper half into 4 pieces.
• 11 --to prepare dip--.
• 12 in food processor with knife blade attached, blend roasted pepper with cream cheese, milk, salt, pepper, and garlic until smooth.
• 13 transfer mixture to medium bowl, stir in parsley, chives, and thyme.
• 14 cover and refrigerate if not serving right away.