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Piri Piri Cheese Cubes With Kalamatas and Toasted Pistachios

Name: Piri Piri Cheese Cubes With Kalamatas and Toasted Pistachios
Prep time: 9 min 59 s
Cook time: 59 s
Total time: 10 min 59 s
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/3 cup piri piri hot sauce, or other thick red (not too sweet) hot sauce; 2 tablespoon olive oil; 1 pound assorted cheese, such as cheddar, monterey jack and swiss, cut into ¾-inch cubes; 1 cup pitted kalamata olives, drained; 1/2 cup roasted, salted shelled pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped

May 17, 2021

JeanMarie Brownson

For those late-night cravings

Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune; Shannon Kinsella/food styling

Cheese cubes marinated in piri piri hot sauce answer the late-night munchies. Mixing in kalamata olives and toasted pistachios might sounds like a teenager thought it up, but trust us.

This recipe by JeanMarie Brownson originally appeared in The Chicago Tribune.

Ready in

11 m

10 m

(prepare time)

1 m

(cook time)

Servings

305

Calories Per Serving

Notes

Buying diced cheese makes this a very quick recipe to pull together.

Ingredients

1/3 Cup piri piri hot sauce, or other thick red (not too sweet) hot sauce
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 Pound assorted cheese, such as cheddar, Monterey Jack and Swiss, cut into ¾-inch cubes
1 Cup pitted kalamata olives, drained
1/2 Cup roasted, salted shelled pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped

Directions

Step 1: Mix 1/3 cup hot sauce and 2 tablespoons olive oil in bottom of a glass or stainless-steel bowl.

Step 2: Add 1 pound cheese cubes and 1 cup olives; toss gently to coat. Refrigerate covered 1 hour or up to several days.

Step 3: Serve at room temperature sprinkled with roasted, salted shelled pistachios. Pass wooden picks.