Shelly's Recipe

ITALIAN TORTE

Category: Spreads -- Cold

3 oz sun-dried tomatoes
2 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 clove garlic, minced
10 slices provolone cheese
8 oz pesto

Bring a small saucepan of water to boil. Turn off heat. Place sun-dried tomatoes in the water and cover for 5 minutes. Drain and finely chop.

In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese and garlic. Line a medium bowl or loaf pan with a large piece of dampened cheese cloth. Layer with 1/3 of the provolone cheese. Spread with 1/2 the pesto.

Pour in 1/2 the cream cheese and garlic mixture. Layer with 1/2 the sun-dried tomatoes. Layer with 1/3 provolone, remaining pesto, remaining cream cheese and garlic mixture and remaining sun-dried tomatoes. Top with remaining provolone cheese.

Pull cheese cloth around the layered mixture and gently press into a bowl to mold and remove excess oil. Chill in the refrigerator 3 to 4 hours. Remove cheese cloth and turn upside down onto a large dish to serve. Serve with sliced bread or crackers.