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Layered Greek Dip Recipe


Layered Greek Dip Recipe
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A change of pace from the layered Tex Mex dip. Tarpon Springs has a large Greek community and this has been a favored dip found on appetizer tables and potlucks.

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Ingredients
  • Pita Crisp:
  • 3 pita pockets, split.
  • Olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon of garlic minced
  • fresh cracked black pepper
  • sea salt
  • Layered Dip
  • 1 8 ounce of cream cheese flavored with chives and onions
  • 1 8 ounce container of hummus (roasted red pepper hummus)
  • 1 cucumber, peeled seeded and chopped
  • 3 plum tomatoes seeded and chopped
  • 3 ounces of imported black olives, pitted and chopped
  • 4 ounces of crumbled feta cheese
  • 3 sprigs of fresh marjoram, leaves stripped off stems
  • 1/4 cup of chopped green onions
  • drizzle of extra virgin olive oil

Directions
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Split the pita bread, brush with olive oil, sprinkle with garlic and salt and pepper.
  2. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and toast lightly in the oven for about 5-7 minutes. Cool and store in air tight container.
  3. In the bottom of a 9 inch pie pan, spread the cream cheese. Drop the hummus by small spoonfuls evenly over the top of the cream cheese. Spread as evenly as possible. top with the remaining ingredients in layers. Cukes, tomatoes, olives, feta, herbs, green onions and a tiny drizzle of olive oil.
  4. Serve with pita chips.
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Comments


Yum! Thanks for the recipe - If it has feta and olives I am won!


This sounds so wonderful...all the things we love! Thanks very much for sharing!


A great alternative to the usual "mexican" dips - thanks for a great post!


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