Spinach And Bacon Cob Loaf

🤍 Recipe Highlights

I have summarised everything that you will come to know and love (LOVE ❤) about the bacon and spinach cob loaf recipe in the points below:

• Party food: ask any Aussie what is one thing you will always see at a a party especially around Christmas time and they will for sure say 'the cob loaf'!.
• Feeds a crowd: this dip is a great size to feed many people at once. So if you are having a few people around it is a great choice. For the quantity of actual dip you would need at least 5-6 small refrigerated dips to feed the same amount of people.
• Taste and texture: the creamy cheesy filling is dotted with chunks of bacon, flecks of onion and strings of spinach. Then we have the toasted bread bits used for dipping and dunking. It is a great combo both with the flavor profile and also textures involved.

🥗 Ingredients

The photo below is to show you everything you need to make the recipe. Please refer to the printable recipe card for specific ingredient measurements as well as detailed instructions.

As you can see the recipe calls for:

• Olive oil: you will see 2 lots of this in the photo above. We use some to cook the onion and bacon mix and some to ensure the cob loaf is crispy and toasted with a golden brown colour.
• Soup mix: this is one packet of dried vegetable soup mix.
• Bacon: I like to use store bought diced bacon for the dip. I find that this keeps things simple and saves time spent cutting bacon rashers.
• Onion: one large onion that we peel and dice.
• Cream cheese: this helps to create the creamy spinach dip texture.
• Spinach: frozen spinach is recommended so that you can have it in the freezer and grab it out as needed (and not have to run out and get that one ingredient that doesn't have a long shelf life).
• Sour cream.
• Cheddar cheese: tasty cheese, cheddar cheese or colby cheese. You can purchase grated cheese or a block and grate yourself (but this will take longer and you will have more washing up again ie the grater). Either way we want an easy melting cheese with a bit of flavor to it (skip using mozzarella cheese for this dip).
• Cob loaf: this is a round white loaf of bread. You will find it either in the bakery section of the supermarket or at your local bakery. With or without sesame seeds will both work.

😉 Substitutions and Variations

Here are my sub ins and outs that you might be thinking about as you read the post and I will tell you if I think they will work or why they won't:

• Spinach: you can use fresh spinach if you wish to. In which case there is no need to cook it 1st. You will however, need to blitz it in the food processor to ensure that it is in small pieces. One reason I don't for this recipe is to have the ingredient on hand (in the freezer, as well as to save washing up the food processor whose only use would be to prep the spinach).
• Onion: you can use a red onion in place of the brown onion if you wish to.
• Sour cream: you can use the equivalent amount of Greek yogurt (which has lower fat) in place of the sour cream if you want to.
• Soup mix: you can use either spring vegetable soup mix (as shown in the photos throughout the post) or French Onion soup mix.
• Crackers and or chips: you can chop up some fresh vegetables like carrot, celery and capsicum and use these as 'vegetable chips' to dunk in the bread bowl. Or you can use a French stick chopped and toasted.
• Garnish: some sliced spring onion or chopped chives spread across the top works if you want to decorate your spinach bacon cob loaf dip.

👍 How to Guide

💡 Tasty Tips

Here are my top tips and tricks that I want to share with you so that you master the recipe from the get go:

• Cream cheese: we want the cream cheese to be at room temperature. This will ensure that it is soft and easy to stir. So grab it out as a starting point and let it soften on advance.
• Bread bowl: we want to hollow the bread bowl so that we can fit the dip into the bowl but we also want a stable base so that the dip is supported. So keep in mind when tearing the inner white soft and fluffy bread out that we still want a thick base.
• Cob loaf: it doesn't have to be a fresh cob loaf you use. A crusty cob loaf will do the trick too. You can also purchase this, freeze it and whip it out as needed for an extra level of organized cooking.
• Olive oil: I like to spray the bread bits with cooking spray. This helps them to crisp up nicely and give them a lovely golden colour.
• Bread bowl Dips: love using a round loaf of bread to serve dips? Then you might also like the No Mayo Spinach Artichoke Dip or Baked Brie Bread Bowl.

🤓 Frequently Asked Questions

😍 More Easy Party Foods

If the food at your next party is more your thing that the party itself then I have some more ideas to share that I know you will love. Try these next time the opportunity for a get together arises!

• Savoury ideas: Savoury Mince Pies, Cheeseburger Sausage Rolls, Caramelised Onion Sausage Rolls.
• Vegetarian ideas: Goat Cheese Stuffed Dates, Goat Cheese Log, Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Bites, Caramelised Onion Tarts.
• More cheese: Baked Brie with Garlic, Microwave Brie, Caramelized Onion Brie, Baked Camembert with Cranberry Sauce.
• Cream cheese starters: Honey Pecan Cream Cheese, Honey Pecan Cream Cheese.
• Other dips: Smoked Trout Dip, Green Olive Dip, Black Olive Dip. Easy Green Olive Tapenade, Black Olive Dip, Kalamata Olive Dip.
• Spreads: Chilli Tomato Jam, Tomato Bacon Jam.
• More bacon: Bacon Crackers.

It is time to get our spinach and bacon cob loaf recipe on the table my friend! You can also find all of my dips and spreads or popular recipes in the one spot.

Adrianne

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