Droëwors Cream Cheese Dip
Recipes with Droëwors
A braai snack dip made by folding finely chopped droëwors into cream cheese with chives, lemon juice, and black pepper. The droëwors provides salt and coriander heat, so the cream cheese needs nothing else heavy. Serve it with crackers, raw vegetables, or chips alongside the snack board while the coals build.
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
0 min
Servings
8
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- 250 g full-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
- 80 g droëwors, finely chopped (about 4–5 short sticks)
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Black pepper, freshly ground
- Salt to taste (cautious: droëwors adds salt)
- Crackers, sliced baguette, vegetable sticks for serving
Steps
Finely chop the droëwors into pieces no larger than 3 to 4 mm. The smaller pieces distribute through the cream cheese more evenly and are easier to scoop with a cracker. A sharp knife and a cutting board work better than a food processor, which turns the droëwors to paste.
In a bowl, combine the cream cheese and sour cream. Beat with a fork until smooth. Add the lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce and mix through.
Fold in the chopped droëwors and chives. Mix until the pieces are distributed but not broken down further.
Taste before adding any salt. The droëwors will have added significant saltiness already. Add black pepper generously.
Transfer to a serving bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving. This allows the cream cheese to firm back up slightly after mixing and lets the droëwors flavour permeate the whole dip.
Serve straight from the refrigerator with crackers, sliced bread, or raw carrot and celery sticks. A few whole droëwors sticks alongside the bowl make the main ingredient obvious and invite guests to try both forms.
Tips
Room-temperature cream cheese blends without lumps. Cold cream cheese from the fridge goes lumpy and requires more effort. The dip keeps refrigerated for up to 3 days, but the droëwors pieces will soften the longer they sit in the cream cheese. For a firmer texture throughout, add the droëwors up to an hour before serving rather than the night before.