I appropriated the recipe from a friend several years ago, and have used it ever since. Mr. Berry and I actually try spinach dips at restaurants in an attempt to compare them to this recipe, and some have some close, but most have failed. Try it, and you'll see what I mean. Comments welcome :)
Ingredients:
2 10 oz. packages of chopped spinach
8 oz sour cream
8 oz monterrey jack shredded cheese
1 jar marinated artichoke hearts
1/2 onion (chopped fine)
1 stick of butter
4 oz of philadelphia cream cheese (fat free or light will do)
2/3 c fresh parmesean cheese
garlic to taste (I used two cloves)
Tortilla chips
optional : ground cayenne pepper for garnishing
Directions: (see pictures below)
- Gather all ingredients from the list above.
- In a large pan, slowly melt the stick of butter as shown below.
- As butter is melting, chop onions.
- Chop garlic. Add onions and garlic to pan. Saute for a few minutes.
- Remove spinach from package(s) and place in small, microwaveable bowl.
- Place spinach in microwave for a minute on high power or until no longer frozen. It should still be bright green in color.Set aside.
- Remove artichoke hearts from jar. Chop artichoke hearts finely (or cheat like I did and use the food processor.)
- Onions and garlic should be well sauteed in butter.
- Add spinach, stir, and cook for ten minutes on medium heat.
- Add cream cheese and mix well.Add sour cream and mix well.Add artichoke.
- Remove from heat;
- Add parmesean cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Add to casserole dish; Add Monterrrey jack on top.Heat in oven on 350 degrees until cheese is melted on top.
- Once cheese is melted (I like mine to have a tinge of brown crust on top--but that's just me :)
- Let cool for five minutes and serve with tortilla chips. *I also like to add a sprinkle of ground cayenne pepper on top of my serving for an extra KICK.
