Pesto Torta (Layered Spread)

Name: Pesto Torta (Layered Spread)
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 237 milliliters pesto; 340 grams roasted red bell peppers

Pesto Torta (Layered Spread) is a gluten free, primal, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 322 calories, 5g of protein, and 31g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up cream cheese, pesto, roasted bell peppers, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Slice each block of cream cheese lengthwise. Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap.

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Cream Cheese

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Loaf Pan

Place one strip of cream cheese between two layers of plastic wrap. Flatten the cheese with a rolling pin until it is the same size as the loaf pan's bottom.

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Cream Cheese

Cheese

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Rolling Pin

Loaf Pan

Place the cream cheese into the loaf pan.

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Cream Cheese

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Loaf Pan

Spread pesto (about 1/4 inch thick) over the cream cheese. Repeat this process until all of the pesto and cream cheese has been used. The final layer should be cream cheese. Fold the plastic wrap over the final layer, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

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Cream Cheese

Spread