Feta Dip With Scallions Recipes

Steps:

• Place feta in a small bowl; mash with a fork. Mix in sour cream, scallions, and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Serve with crackers or vegetables.

Steps:

• Combine the chopped scallions, oil, lemon zest and lemon juice in a food processor and process until smooth. (If you don't have a food processor, you can use an electric mixer or a wooden spoon instead, but the dip will not be as smooth). Add the feta and process until smooth.
• Scrape the mixture into a serving bowl. (The dip can be made up to this point a few hours in advance, covered and kept refrigerated). Bring to cool room temperature before serving).
• When ready to serve, season to taste with salt and pepper and garnish with the sliced scallion.
• Heat your grill to high.
• Brush the pitas with a little oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill the pitas for 1 minute on each side, until lightly browned. Remove from the grill and cut each pita into 8 wedges for serving. Serve warm with the dip.

Steps:

• For the wings: Heat a smoker to 250 degrees F. Toss the wing pieces with the salt and pepper and spread them on the middle grate of the smoker. Smoke them for 20 minutes, flip, and smoke for an additional 20 minutes. Remove the wings from the smoker and set aside.
• While the wings smoke, make the BBQ sauce: Put the vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer the sauce until it is reduced by 1/3, about 20 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
• While the wings smoke, make the dip: Combine the sour cream, green onions, feta, buttermilk, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Set aside.
• To finish the wings: Heat about 4 inches of oil to 375 degrees F in a large, wide heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Working in batches, fry the wings just to crisp and reheat them, about 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked wings to a bowl. When they are all fried, toss them with the BBQ sauce, and then serve with the green onion dip, carrots and celery sticks.

Steps:

• If using fresh peas, shell them and cook briefly in boiling water until al dente, then drain well and place in a large bowl. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons olive oil and crush them coarsely with a potato masher.
• If you are using frozen peas, blanch them briefly, drain exceptionally well, and crush before adding the oil, pouring off any more excess water at this stage; add the oil bit by bit and less liberally.
• Mash the feta and yogurt together in a shallow bowl. While the peas are still hot, add the feta and toss to combine. This is all about texture, not smoothness, as for a dip. Add the minced garlic.
• Now add the scallions and 2 tablespoons shredded mint. Stir in the juice of half a lemon to start with. Season with pepper and a little salt, if you think it is needed; feta is pretty salty. Taste and adjust the seasoning, adding more lemon juice, mint, or olive oil if you like.
• Serve in a shallow dish with a mound of warm, grilled pita bread.

Steps:

• Blend feta, cream cheese and mayonnaise in a food processor until smooth, scraping the sides of processor a couple of times to make sure it all gets blended.
• Put blend in bowl and fold in peppers, scallions, lemon zest and black pepper.
• Transfer to the serving bowl and chill for at least 1 hour.
• Just before serving, you can drizzle with olive oil, if desired.
• This is good served with BBQ potato chips, toasted bread triangles -- whatever you like best!

Steps:

• Heat the broiler and line a sheet pan with foil. Juice 1 whole lemon to get 3 tablespoons juice and set aside. Cut the remaining 1/2 lemon into 3 to 4 thin slices.
• In a medium bowl, toss together the lemon slices, scallions and 1 tablespoon olive oil. Place on sheet pan and broil until blackened, tossing occasionally, 7 to 9 minutes for the scallions and about another 5 minutes for the lemon slices. Transfer to a cutting board to cool slightly.
• In a food processor, add the feta, cream cheese, remaining 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil, reserved lemon juice, black pepper, cayenne and hot water. Purée until very smooth, then add almost all of the scallions (save 1 or 2 pieces and chop roughly for a garnish). Pulse to combine, leaving some chunky scallion pieces. Taste for lemon, adjusting as needed.
• Transfer to a bowl, then garnish with charred lemon slices, the reserved scallion, black pepper and a pinch of cayenne.

Steps:

• Add the yogurt, feta and lemon juice to the bowl of a food processor. Purée the mixture until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the parsley, mint, scallions and sumac, and pulse a few times just to combine.
• Transfer the dip to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
• Just before serving, give the dip a good stir and add salt to taste, if necessary. Top the dip with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle with additional parsley, mint, scallions and sumac. Serve with pita chips or crudités. Store leftovers, covered, in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Steps:

• Combine olive oil, yogurt, lemon juice, paprika, garlic, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and sugar in a food processor; pulse mixture until smooth. Add a couple feta cubes at a time, processing between batches until mixture until thick and smooth.
• Transfer dip to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 1 hour.