When Amy over at A Latte with Ott, A announced her Iron Chef Challenge with Ocean Mist Artichokes, I wanted to try something new for the challenge. But after all the searching for the perfect recipe, I didn't find quite the right one. So, I decided to create my own. Cheesy Artichoke Bread is a simple appetizer combining artichoke hearts with lots of cheese, garlic, and onions on Italian bread for perfect finger food for any party.
Cheesy Artichoke Bread
Now, many of you may be like me and love using fresh artichokes, but I love the convenience canned artichokes give me when I don't have lots of time. This weeknight dish was made with a jar of artichoke hearts.
Some fresh Italian bread that I picked up earlier in the week came in very handy for inspiration too.
Tear out the inner flesh of the bread leaving about ยฝ inch of bread remaining.
Then chop up the artichokes, fresh or canned. You will need about two cups of artichokes. Also, chop up four garlic cloves.
Then I couldn't decide what to use for the "sauce" so I used all my choices. Yep, mayo, cream cheese, and sour cream. All "light" of course.
Stir it all up and add 1 cup colby-jack cheese.
Then stir it all together for a cheesy artichoke filling for the cheesy artichoke bread.
Followed it up by adding about half of the bread I removed earlier from the loaf to the mix along with some salt and pepper.
Spoon the mixture into the wells of the bread.
Because it isn't cheesy enough yet, add an additional cup of colby-jack cheese over top now. Go ahead and pile it on! You want this cheesy artichoke bread to be cheesy!
Then bake it on 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
I used a pizza slicer to cut each half of the bread into 8 slices.
Perfect for little fingers in my house.
Cheesy artichoke bread is perfect to make again for a future party or appetizer for dinner night.
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๐ Recipe
Cheesy Artichoke Bread
Ingredients
- 1 loaf Italian Bread, not sliced but can be cut in half lengthwise
- 14 ounce jar artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 green onions, chopped
- โ cup sour cream
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- โ cup mayonnaise
- 2 cups colby-jack cheese
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- pinch pepper
Instructions
- Cut the bread in half lengthwise if not already cut. Pull out the bread from the inside of the loaf to have the bread be hollowed out. Reserve the bread pieces and cut into bite sized pieces.
- Combine the artichokes, garlic, green onions, sour cream, cream cheese, mayonnaise, 1 cup of cheese, and salt and pepper in a bowl. Stir the reserved pieces of bread into the combination.
- Spoon the artichoke mixture into the hollowed out Italian bread halves. Top with remaining 1 cup of cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes on 350 degrees.
- When done baking, slice each half into 8 slices.
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Ott, A
Looks delish and I love that you just whipped it up on your own. thanks for linking up to the Iron Chef Challenge!!!
Heather @ 3 kids and lots of pigs
This looks amazing and I am so totally jealous that you just whipped it up.
Lana
LIKE LIKE LIKE!
Jenny
Love this! Can't wait to have an excuse to make it.
Dorothy
Dag nabbit good stuff you whpaeersnppiprs!