Cream Cheese Olive Dip (Printable)
Creamy, tangy dip loaded with chopped olives, ready in 10 minutes for effortless entertaining.
# What you'll need:
→ Dairy
01 - 8 oz cream cheese, softened
02 - 1/3 cup sour cream
→ Olives
03 - 1/2 cup pitted green olives, finely chopped
04 - 1/2 cup pitted black olives, finely chopped
→ Vegetables & Aromatics
05 - 2 tablespoons green onions, finely sliced
06 - 1 clove garlic, minced
→ Seasonings
07 - 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
08 - 1 teaspoon lemon juice
09 - 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
# Directions:
01 - Combine softened cream cheese and sour cream in a medium bowl. Beat until completely smooth and creamy.
02 - Fold in chopped green and black olives, green onions, parsley, garlic, lemon juice, and black pepper. Mix thoroughly until evenly distributed.
03 - Sample the mixture and adjust seasoning with additional pepper or lemon juice as desired.
04 - Transfer to a serving bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow flavors to develop and meld together.
05 - Serve chilled with crackers, pita chips, or fresh vegetable sticks for dipping.
# Expert Suggestions:
01 -
- It comes together in literally ten minutes flat, which means less time prepping and more time with your people
- The combination of green and black olives creates this incredible briny depth that keeps everyone coming back for just one more bite
- You can make it a day ahead and it actually gets better, which is basically the holy grail of party food
02 -
- The first time I made this, I used cold cream cheese straight from the fridge and spent ten minutes trying to mash out the lumps with a fork
- Chop your olives smaller than you think you need to, because big chunks can make grabbing crackers messy and awkward
03 -
- Buy pre chopped olives from the olive bar at the grocery store to save yourself roughly ten minutes of knife work
- If you accidentally make it too salty, add another tablespoon of sour cream to mellow everything out