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Lemon-Ginger Cream Cheese Spread

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on April 13, 2011

Yield

8-ounces of spread

Lemon-Ginger Cream Cheese Spread

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature⅓ cup ginger preserves 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest ½ teaspoon ground ginger

Before You Begin

Our Zucchini Bread (see related recipe) is good enough to stand on its own, but a slather of cream cheese makes it even better. Flavor that cream cheese with jam, spices, or citrus zest and you have something memorable. These spreads will keep in a covered container in the refrigerator for a week.

Instructions

  1. With rubber spatula, combine cream cheese, ginger preserves, lemon zest, and ginger in bowl until smooth.
Lemon-Ginger Cream Cheese Spread

Lemon-Ginger Cream Cheese Spread

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Yield

8-ounces of spread

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
⅓ cup ginger preserves
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
½ teaspoon ground ginger

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
⅓ cup ginger preserves
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
½ teaspoon ground ginger

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
⅓ cup ginger preserves
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
½ teaspoon ground ginger

Why This Recipe Works

To make it easy to incorporate the ingredients into our Lemon-Ginger Cream Cheese Spread, we softened the cream cheese at room temperature for at least one hour. Ginger preserves added flavor and sweetness, and grated lemon zest and ground ginger contributed strong, assertive flavors to our spread.

Before You Begin

Our Zucchini Bread (see related recipe) is good enough to stand on its own, but a slather of cream cheese makes it even better. Flavor that cream cheese with jam, spices, or citrus zest and you have something memorable. These spreads will keep in a covered container in the refrigerator for a week.

Instructions

  1. With rubber spatula, combine cream cheese, ginger preserves, lemon zest, and ginger in bowl until smooth.

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