Green Chili & Goat Cheese 

Sauce or Dip

(Chili con Queso)
Do you remember the dreadful mixtures of melted Velveeta with store bought salsa?  This is what it is trying to imitate!  The seminal version of chili-con-queso!

3/4 cup dry white wine or more as needed for final consistency 
3/4 cup sour cream or heavy cream or thick full cream yogurt* 
a generous handful of assorted chilies, hot and mild, fresh or frozen or, if must be, 
a 4-ounce can green chilies, including the liquid 
4 ounces goat cheese, e.g., Montrachet, at room temperature 
2 Tbsp softened unsalted butter

In a small saucepan reduce the wine over high heat to about 1 Tbsp.  Add the cream, reduce it over moderately high heat by half, and keep the mixture warm. In a food processor combine the chilies, the goat cheese, and the butter, with the motor running add the cream mixture in a stream, and blend the sauce until it is smooth.  Serve the sauce as a dip or with grilled meats or cooked vegetables.  Makes about 3/4 cup.

*Best if you make it yourself out of half and half or light cream with a goat-milk yogurt starter that produces a very firm yogurt.

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