Stilton Date Dip

• 1/2 cup Stilton cheese (or best-quality blue cheese, room temp, crumbled)
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (room temp)
• 1 dash salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 dash cayenne pepper (optional)
• 3 -5 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 cup dates (seeded & sml-diced)
• 8 slices bacon (thick slice preferred, crisp-fried, crumbled)

1. Using an electric mixer (blender or hand-held blender), combine both cheeses w/salt & pepper.
2. When blended, add cream until dip reaches desired consistency.
3. Fold in dates & bacon. Serve w/dippers and/or crackers of choice.
4. NOTE: Altho the recipe did not suggest this, I feel a chill time to allow the flavor to develop would be ideal . & . I think this would be best if allowed to approach room temp b4 being served. My thoughts, but your choices. :-).

stilton cheese, cream cheese, salt, fresh ground pepper, cayenne pepper, heavy cream, dates, bacon

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/stilton-date-dip-411875 (may not work)