Name: Chipotle Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: 8 oz Cream cheese; softened; 4 Chipotle peppers; * see note; 2 tb Onion; finely chopped; 1 sm Jar pimientos; finely chopped; Chives; chopped; Pecans; chopped

The idea is not simply that we have been forgiven, and therefore we ought to forgive, but that God Himself , in Christ has forgiven us, and therefore our debt is incalculable. No matter how much wretched evil has been done against us, it is little compared with the offense that we have thrown in the face of God. Yet God in Christ has forgiven us. If we know anything of the release of this forgiveness, if we have glimpsed anything of the magnitude of the debt we owe to God, our forgiveness of others will not seem to be such a large leap.

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Appetizers, Cheese	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8	oz	Cream cheese; softened
4		Chipotle peppers; * see note
2	tb	Onion; finely chopped
1	sm	Jar pimientos; finely chopped
		Chives; chopped
		Pecans; chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix first 4 ingredients. Place some plastic wrap in a mixing bowl that will
hold the mixture, put the mixture in this bowl and fold the plastic wrap
over the spread to fully cover. Chill in fridge at least 4 hours. Remove
from fridge, with the spread still wrapped remove it from the bowl & use
your hands to shape into a ball. Unwrap the spread, roll in the chives &
pecans to cover. Place on a platter & surround with assorted crackers &
veggie sticks.
NOTES : I use chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, canned. Try not to get too
much of the sauce as it makes the spread too runny. Finley chop the
peppers.
Recipe by: Christopher E. Eaves
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 295 by "Christopher E. Eaves"
<cea260@airmail.net> on Nov 23, 97

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