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Cream Cheese Spread

post #1 of 6
3/26/07 at 11:01pm
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Hi,
I want to make a cream cheese spread that will contain finely chopped cilantro, some softened and minced garlic cloves, and finely diced or minced jalapeno. I'm going to be using cream cheese made without gums and filler- a "natural" cream cheese, so to speak.
My first thought to dump everything into the food processor but I'm wondering if so doing might screw up the trexture of the cream cheese. Might it be better to let the cream cheese come up to room temp and then mix in the other ingredients by hand? I'm thinking also that making a large batch of this might be pretty time consuming, and that using the food processor may speed things along appreciably.

What do the cream cheese experts say?

Shel
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post #2 of 6
3/27/07 at 5:29am
Best bet is to soften the cream cheese to room temp and mix it all in the mixer with the paddle on low or medium speed, then return to the refrigerator
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post #3 of 6
3/27/07 at 7:11am
I agree with sucrechef: mix on low speed with the paddle. If you use too high a speed, you will beat in air and change the texture of the cream cheese (whipped cream cheese). If you use the food processor with a metal blade, you are in danger of chopping the mix-ins more and making the colors bleed. You might be able to use the plastic blade with the fp, but then the speed might heat everything up too much.
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post #4 of 6
3/27/07 at 8:14am
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Mixer? Do you mean something like a Kitchen Aid? I don't have one of those. Maybe you mean a hand mixer .... the only things I have that will mix are a Cuisinart FP, a hand mixer, and, of coursr, spoons, paddles, and my hands.

Shel
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post #5 of 6
3/27/07 at 8:15am
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Seems like the best bet is to mix by hand ...

Shel
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post #6 of 6
3/27/07 at 11:49am
If you don't have a mixer with a paddle attachment, the best bet will be to mix my hand using a wooden spoon and "smashing" the ingredients together against the side of the bowl. You could try it in the food processor on pulse, but I think you'll end up with a texture you don't like.
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