Cream Cheese with Soy and Sesame

Cream Cheese with Soy and Sesame

1 (8 ounce) block cream cheese
Soy sauce
1/4 cup sesame seeds
Unsalted crackers

With a wooden pick, poke deep holes about one-half inch apart in the block of cheese. Put in a small zip-type bag and pour in enough soy sauce to surround the cheese when the bag is sealed. Marinate for several hours.

In an ungreased skillet over medium-low heat, toast sesame seeds until they are light to medium brown (well-toasted seeds provide an intense flavor). Put seeds into a shallow bowl a little bigger than the block of cheese.

Shortly before serving, drain cheese and press and roll it in seeds, patting seeds onto cheese until no cheese shows.
Serve with unsalted crackers