Four-Layer Caviar Dip

 

Layers of creamy egg salad, crisp red onion, herbed cream cheese, and salty, briney caviar come together in a beautiful molded dip that serves up an entire caviar platter in one dish.

By Food & Wine Editors

 

Photo: Justin Walker

Active Time:

15 mins

 

Total Time:

2 hrs 15 mins

 

Yield:

12

  

Ingredients

6 large hard-cooked eggs, chopped

2 tablespoons sour cream

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

1/2  teaspoon kosher salt

Cooking spray

1 cup finely chopped red onion, rinsed and dried

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup thinly sliced fresh chives

2 ounces black caviar (such as paddlefish)

Water crackers

Directions

1. Stir together chopped eggs, sour cream, mayonnaise, and salt in a medium bowl. Lightly grease a 6-inch ring mold with cooking spray. Spoon egg mixture evenly on bottom of prepared ring mold. Top evenly with onion. Stir together cream cheese and chives in a bowl, and gently spread over onion; top with black caviar. Refrigerate 2 hours. Unmold onto a serving plate or platter, and serve with crackers.

Notes

Source sustainable caviar from Passmore Ranch. ($84 for a 30-gram jar,
passmoreranch.com)

 

 References:

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