Spinach Dip With Jicama And Sweet Onions

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups fresh spinach, cleaned,with stems removed
• 1 cup cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup finely chopped sweet onion
• 1 cup finely chopped jicama
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• thinly sliced dark rye bread or cracker

Recipe

• 1 drop the spinach in a large pot of boiling salted water for about 15 seconds to blanch it.
• 2 remove, and plunge into a large bowl of ice water.
• 3 drain the spinach, and squeeze out as much water as you can.
• 4 finely chop the spinach.
• 5 in a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese and sour cream.
• 6 fold in the onion and jicama, and stir in the chopped spinach.
• 7 season with salt and pepper.
• 8 serve at room temperature with rye bread or crackers.