Roasted Garlic and Almond Spread

 

1/4 cup unblanched almonds, chopped 16 garlic cloves, peeled 3 tablespoons olive oil 8 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup sour cream 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 teaspoon rosemary (dried) 2 shallots, chopped 3 tablespoons whipping cream 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

Toast almonds in heavy pan until slightly brown. Place garlic in shallow baking dish. Add olive oil and bake at 275 degrees F for 30 minutes. Cool.

Puree garlic and oil in blender. Add cream cheese, sour cream, mustard and Worcestershire sauce; blend well. Add almonds, parsley, rosemary, shallots, whipping cream and Tabasco sauce and blend well again. Chill for several hours and serve with thinly sliced, toasted bread.