Greek Cheese Fondue

Greek Cheese Fondue appetizers A delicious Greek cheese fondue that you can make with easy to find cheeses. This fondue is a great appetizer for entertaining guests. Greek, fondue, easy fondue, cheese fondue, dips for entertaining Greek Cheese Fondue Greek, feta, dips

This is one fabulous and beloved cheese dip or fondue. One of the reasons I love it besides the fact that it’s super delicious, is it’s made with some very common cheeses that you can pretty much find at any grocery store. Some fondues call for more obscure cheeses that can be a little pricey or you end up having to sub out for more common ones cause you can’t locate them. This one is far less fussy than your classic fondue too making it simple and quick to whip up.

Greek Cheese Fondue

It’s one of my favorite warm cheese dips and it’s a recipe I have been using from the Delish website since I first saw it. I haven’t changed or tweaked anything from the recipe at all other than the toppings. It’s perfect just the way it is and we absolutely love it and I had to share it on the blog cause it’s so beloved and on repeat when we have friends over. I made it for my family this passed weekend and was reminded of how good it is and how addictive it is.

Greek Cheese Fondue

I thought it would be the perfect recipe to share on the last day of 2018 as we just made it and I finally got a chance to shoot it but I also know a lot of you are loving the appetizers right now so I thought I would throw one last one into the mix. It’s also one that you might just have all the ingredients for already in your fridge.

Greek Cheese Fondue

I’m definitely partial to this dip. As many of you know I’m Greek by descent and am partial to feta - that being said I don’t think you have to be Greek to be partial to feta cause who doesn’t love feta!?!? But I’m sure it somehow runs through my veins - in good company with olive oil and oregano. So if you are like me and love feta or cheese in general, you are going to love this warm cheese dip. It’s got tang and saltiness from the different cheeses and the yogurt and lemon juice in it. That really gives it a pleasant lighter taste which is sort of dangerous cause you could easily eat a whole lot of it because of that.

Greek Cheese Fondue

I love to top mine with whatever you would have on a Greek village salad (horiatiki). I also love to serve mine with pita chips or baguette crisps. They are the crunchiest and go so well with the dip. It would be great with warm soft pita bread too though but to keep things simple, the crisps work wonderfully.

Greek Cheese Fondue

This year had been a bit of a whirlwind of change with some highs and lows that I won’t bore you with. I look forward to a more stable 2019 where I feel a bit more settled and feel like I can run the blog with some rhythm/routine. I’m very appreciative of all of you who check back and love the recipes and share your thoughts and ideas on here and Instagram and I will keep pushing forward with some more inspiring ideas for home cooking. I’m looking forward to it and some new adventures come January! Thanks for your support always. I will be sharing a 2018 favorite recipe round up in the new year.

Recipe

Servings: 8-10
Prep Time: 10 mins
Bake Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 (8-oz.) block cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup whole milk or cream
  • 1 cup crumbled feta
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella
  • ⅓ cup Greek yogurt
  • 2 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp. chopped dill, plus more for garnish
  • 1 tbsp. chopped parsley, plus more for garnish
  • 1 tsp. lemon zest
  • ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes
  • kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black peppers
  • 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
  • ½ cup kalamata olives, sliced
  • ½ cup of chopped cucumber
  • 1 tbsp of finely chopped red onion
  • olive oil, for drizzling
  • Pita chips, for serving

Directions

  1. In a small skillet (or small saucepan) over medium heat, heat olive oil.
  2. Add garlic and chili flakes stirring often, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  3. Add cream cheese, breaking up the cream cheese with a wooden spoon, and cook until melted.
  4. Whisk in milk and cook until mixture is heated through.
  5. Add feta, mozzarella, yogurt, lemon juice, dill, parsley, and lemon zest.
  6. Season with salt and pepper and cook until the cheeses have melted, about 5 minutes.
  7. Remove from heat, then drizzle with olive oil.
  8. Garnish with more dill and parsley.
  9. Sprinkle with kalamata olives and tomatoes, cucumber and red onion.
  10. Serve warm with pita chips for dipping.

Greek Cheese Fondue