Easy, Elegant, Colorful and Delicious Pepper - Cream Cheese Appetizer for Your Next Party

By Liliana Moyano for Shine Latina

Peppers & cream cheese ready to enjoy
Peppers & cream cheese ready to enjoy

Cream cheese is used in a variety of recipes from desserts, to pastas, sushi and much more. I find it to be a great ingredient when used to enhance or blend in different flavors. I usually stay away from recipes with heavy cream cheese quantities but this particular one is not only delicious but it also makes for a quick and easy appetizer.

En Latinoamerica we like to blend our meals with hearty and colorful vegetables and this particular recipe is no exception. A regular block of cream cheese covered with peppers simmered in vinegar and sugar. The vinegar and sugar with the flavor of the peppers blend perfectly well with the cream cheese. All you need is a nice tray with your favorite crackers and you will have an elegant, simple and delicious starter.

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Peppers, vinegar and sugar ready to cook
Peppers, vinegar and sugar ready to cook


Ingredients



½ red pepper, chopped
½ yellow pepper, chopped
¼ cup vinegar
1.5 tbsp. sugar
1 block cream cheese
Crackers

Try this dish with my Mimosa three ways

Directions

Sauce simmering down
Sauce simmering down

In a pan at medium heat place the peppers, vinegar and sugar and cook for 20 minutes. Depending on the stove, after 20 minutes the juices should simmer into a thick sauce. If the ingredients haven't simmered down, cook for another 5- 10 minutes. Let the mix cool down for another 10 minutes and pour over the cream cheese. Decorate and serve with crackers.

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