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This recipe takes the best parts of a dirty martini and turns it into dip form. Tangy blue cheese with briny olives whipped into a creamy perfection. It pairs great with crackers, veggies, or toasted bread and of course, dirty martini cocktail.
About the Taste
Imagine your favorite dirty martini transformed into a lush, spreadable cloud. This dip is for the bold. It is salty, briny, and incredibly sophisticated. The base is silky cream cheese whipped with the sharp, savory funk of blue cheese. The olive brine and splash of vodka give it that punchy, classic cocktail kick.
The toppings are where it gets even better. Those buttery Castelvetrano olives stuffed with more blue cheese. Drizzle olive oil on top cand finished with chives and cracked black pepper. When you scoop this up with salty potato chip or toasty bread, the bold creamy dip with the crunch are perfect.
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Prep the Ingredients
- Room Temperature: Allow the cream cheese and blue cheese to reach room temperature before blending to ensure a smooth, cloud-like consistency.
- Chop the Herbs: Wash and dry the chives well before finely chopping. Make sure you have enough for the dip ingredients as well as for the garnish.
- Zest the Lemon: Zest the lemon using a microplane, being careful to avoid the bitter white pith.
- Prep the Olives: Pit the Castelvetrano olives if they are not already pitted, then stuff each one with a small piece of blue cheese.
- Measure Ingredients: Measure out the olive brine, vodka, and spices so they are ready to be added to the food processor.
- Piping Bag: Prepare a piping bag fitted with a large round nozzle so it is ready for assembly.
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Ingredient Swaps
- Vodka: If you are alcohol-free, replace the vodka with an extra splash of olive brine. You will still get the signature dirty martini taste in this dip without the alcohol.
- Blue Cheese: If blue cheese isn’t your jam, swap the it for some extra cream cheese and skip stuffing the olives! This will still be an amazing creamy, briny, savory party dip.
- Potato Chips: You can use toasted baguette slices or crackers instead of the potato chips.
- Piping Bags: You can use a Ziploc bag with the edge cut off.
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Nadia’s Tips
- If blue cheese isn’t your thing, don’t worry. Swap the blue cheese for some extra cream cheese! Also, I didn’t really salt my dip because the components are salty, but you can taste and add a tiny pinch if you would like.
- This is a very easy make-ahead appetizer. Stuff the olives ahead and store in the fridge. Keep the dip stored in the pipe bag until it’s getting close to the time you want to serve it. Then when your company is getting close to coming, it’s super quick to pipe on the plate, add the stuffed olives!
Blue Cheese Olive Dip FAQ
Absolutely and that is what makes it so great for company! This is a very easy make-ahead appetizer. Stuff the olives ahead and store in the fridge. Keep the dip stored in the pipe bag until it’s getting close to the time you want to serve it, pipe it on the plate, add the stuffed olives and serve!
That is totally up to you! The recipe calls for 2 to 4 oz of blue cheese, but you can add as little or as much as you want. Start low, taste and add more till you’re happy.
Yes! Replace the vodka with an extra splash of olive brine. You will still get the signature dirty martini taste in this dip without the alcohol.
It is! Always double check that your cheese is using vegetarian rennet.
Equipment
- piping bag, (large round nozzle) or a Ziploc bag with the edge cut off
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 2-4 oz blue cheese, adjust to taste
- 2½ tbsp olive brine
- 1½ tbsp vodka
- 2 tbsp chives, chopped
- ½ tsp white pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 lemon, zest only
- 1 pinch salt, optional
Toppings
- 12 oz Castelvetrano olives, pitted
- blue cheese, for stuffing the olives
- drizzle olive oil
- chives, chopped, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
- 1 bag chips, plain, for servings
Instructions
- To a food processor, add cream cheese, blue cheese, olive brine, vodka, chives, white pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, lemon zest and a tiny pinch of salt and process until smooth.
- Store this the dip in the fridge if you want to serve it cold (room-temp is fine too) while you stuff your olives with blue cheese.
- Add your dip to a piping bag with a large round nozzle. Moving the piping bag back and forth, add the dip to the plate in a continuous S pattern (see video). Arrange the stuffed olives along the dip.
- Drizzle with olive oil, chives and black pepper. Enjoy with chips and a dirty martini!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
what cheese other than blue cheese would you recommend? I would try it but I know the people I know and I don’t think they would try it if i said blue cheese
You can swap it with feta or goat. If they’re not into the funky cheese, you can even use brie. Make sure you adjust to taste, start with the cream cheese and add your cheese of choice, taste, and add more till you think they’d like it. The blue cheese olives can swapped with plain or whatever your favorite stuffed olive is.
Could you use ricotta instead of cream cheese?
Hey Kat,
Yes, you can. It won’t be as creamy but the taste would be great I bet. Let me know know how it goes if you try it ☺️
Do I have to pipe it, or it can be spread?
Hi Helen, You can absolutely just spread it if you’d like. It won’t look the same because piping it gives you the smooth perfect lines, but it will still be pretty and it tastes great either way! Let me know how you end up liking it!
I’m overwhelmed by blue cheese options. What type of blue cheese do you use?
Hey Allana, I love Salemville, Roth, Treasure Cave, and Point Reyes! Whichever one you can find.
This worked exactly as written, thanks!
Hey Rand, I’m so glad you loved it!