Main ingredients 🥩
cream cheesesparkling watertomatoolive oil
Ttukdak Hyung's Tomato Cream Cheese
A Mediterranean-style cream cheese blended with umami-packed tomatoes dried in a food dehydrator and ground with olive oil.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who want to break away from ordinary cream cheese and enjoy a distinctive, exotic flavor.
- ⭐ Those preparing wine snacks or cracker toppings for finger foods at home.
- ⭐ Those who prefer healthy Mediterranean flavors from the combination of dried tomatoes and olive oil.
Ingredients needed 🛒2 servings
- cream cheese (as needed)
- sparkling water (a little)
- tomato (as needed)
- olive oil (as needed)
- salt (a little)
- pepper (a little)
Recipe 🍳
- Place cream cheese in a bowl and gradually add sparkling water while whipping with a whisk until smooth and creamy.
- Slice fresh tomatoes thinly and dry them thoroughly in a food dehydrator.
- Put the fully dried tomatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour the prepared tomato oil into the smooth cream cheese base and mix until completely uniform to finish.
- Whisk cream cheese with sparkling water to a soft, spreadable consistency.
- Dry thinly sliced tomatoes in a dehydrator, then blend with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- Mix the ground tomato oil into the cream cheese until evenly combined.
Cooking tips 💡
- Drying the tomatoes thoroughly reduces sourness and intensifies umami, creating outstanding flavor.
- Make sure to blend the tomato oil well in the blender until smooth and liquid so it emulsifies properly with the cream cheese.
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