French Cream Cheese And Preserves

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 32 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup wildflower honey or 3/4 cup other medium colored honey
• 2/3 cup raspberry preserves or 2/3 cup strawberry preserves
• 2/3 cup apricot preserves
• 2/3 cup blackberry preserves or 2/3 cup plum preserves
• toasted slivered almonds or fresh edible flower, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 line the bottom and sides of a 4 to 5 cup bowl or cylindrical mold with plastic wrap, leaving enough extra wrap at the top to completely enclose the mold.
• 2 in a food processor or blender, combine the cream cheese and honey until smooth.
• 3 spoon 1/4 of the cream cheese mixture (8 ounces) into the bottom of the mold.
• 4 spread the red preserves over this layer, leaving a 1/2 inch border around the perimeter.
• 5 top with another 1/4 of the cream cheese mixture (8 ounces), and follow with the apricot preserves, again leaving a 1/2 inch border.
• 6 top with another 1/4 of the cream cheese (8 ounces), followed by the purple preserves, again with a border.
• 7 smooth on the remaining 8 ounces of cream cheese.
• 8 cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the cream cheese is its original consistency, about 2 hours.
• 9 when you are ready to unmold the cream cheese, tip the cream cheese out of the mold and onto a serving plate or cake stand.
• 10 unwrap it carefully, and garnish the top with the almonds or edible flowers.