Tired of your average schmear? Dill Pickle Cream Cheese has all the goodness of your favorite deli side now available in spreadable form!
Oh hi.
This recipe probably doesn’t even need words. I could probably just post some bagel porn, the recipe, and call it a day.
But let’s be honest, I’m a talker. (I get it from my mama.) So let’s talk schmear. Do you have a favorite kind? I usually go for savory over sweet (lox, chives, everything bagel flavored. These are my jam.) But you certainly can’t go wrong with a little cinnamon or strawberry every now and again. So when I had leftover horseradish pickles just lying around, taunting me, asking me to chop them up and put them in cream cheese, I had to oblige.
Did you know cream cheese also makes a good face mask? Really clears the pores. (Okay I made that part up, but sounds like it may be true, right?)
Y’all!
I was going to get all crazy with the accouterment, (red onions! lox! avocado!) but then I thought for once in my life, I would take the simple approach. Coco Channel once famously said. before leaving the house, a lady should look in the mirror and remove one accessory. I’m more the type of person who puts five more on, and then throws on some glitter just in case. Is that bad?
Okay, enough talking out of me. I now leave you with bagel porn, and a recipe!
Dill Pickle Cream Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 8- ounce package cream cheese at room temperature
- 3 medium dill pickle spears about 1/3 cup, finely diced
- 1 tablespoon pickle brine
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill minced
- Salt to taste
- Red chili pepper flakes to taste
Instructions
- On a large cutting, place the cream cheese and flatten.
- Place pickle pieces, brine, and dill on the cream cheese.
- With a flat spatula, fold the cream cheese over the pickle stuff and pat down. Repeat five times until ingredients are incorporated.
- Adjust with salt and red chili pepper flakes to taste. Serve on a bagel!
This looks delicious. Reminds me of when we were very young and my Mom used to make us cream cheese and pickle sandwiches. I suspect it had something to do with the fact that it tasted good and something to do with the fact that perhaps money was tight. Either way – delicious!
We have a bagel shop/deli nearby that makes a wicked green olive cream cheese – one of my favorites!
Aw I love that your mom made that! Sounds tasty to me. So does the olive one!
Oh wow!!! You are a genius. This is an amazing idea. I think I must try this, as soon as I go to the store. Thank you! Take care…
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Aw thanks, Laura!!
I’m giving it 5 stars right off the bat because of your website name. Love it! Quick reference..last week I visited a new bagel shop and they have homemade jalepeno pickle cream cheese on a cheddar egg bagel and let Me say one thing ……ermergerd!!! It was ridiculous but it lacked dill and needed more pickle. I’m going to try this with your recipe and some jalepeno!!!Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Thanks! Ooh that sounds like an amazing combo. Let me know how it goes!