Ready in: 30 minutes
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 450g cob loaf
- 250g Malabar spinach
- 250g cream cheese (softened)
- 300ml sour cream
- 40g packet French onion soup mix
- 3 gloves garlic (peeled)
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 4 peeled/sliced shallot
- Crackers to serve
Equipment
- Baking tray + paper
- Cutting board + knives
- Food processor
- Large mixing bowl
- Serving tray or platter
Method
- Preheat oven to 180° Celsius
- Line a large baking tray with baking paper and set aside
- Take the cob loaf and remove roughly 4cm from its top to form a lid, cut at an angle to ensure the lid does not fall into the loaf later!
- Scoop away the bread from the centre of the loaf, leaving a centimeter or two from the edge. Once these bread pieces are removed, tear them into bite sized pieces
- In the food processor, combine and blitz your spinach, garlic, and shallots
- In a large mixing bowl, combine Malabar spinach mix, cream cheese, lemon juice, sour cream and soup packet and fold in until well mixed
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Spoon mixture in your prepared cob loaf and top with earlier prepared lid.
- Placing on the baking tray, arrange the bread pieces around the loaf and bake for 20 minutes (or until golden)
- Garnish with shredded basil, transfer to serving platter, and add any other desired sides (we suggest salty crackers or cut vegetables)
