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a spoon of melted cheese dripping in to a pie dish full of melted cheese

Olive Garden Baked Cheese Fonduta

Source: donuts2crumpets
Copycat Olive Garden Baked Cheese Fonduta is a baked cheese dip with lots of different cheese and Italian seasoning. It is the perfect party appetizer!
Servings: 16
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
5 from 12 votes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp dried parsley
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 cup shredded Italian cheese blend
  • 1 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 1 chopped tomato & chopped fresh parsley for garnish
  • A loaf of your favorite crusty bread

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray a glass pie pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, combine the sour cream, Italian seasoning, dried parsley and red pepper flakes
  • Add in all the cheeses and mix until well combined
  • Spread the mixture in the prepared glass pie pan
  • Bake for 15 minutes, then switch to broil and broil for 2-3 minutes or until nice and bubby and starting to lightly brown on the top (Keep an eye on it while broiling so you don’t burn it. I use the low broil setting on my oven.)
  • Serve as soon as it comes out of the oven, piping hot.
  • If desired, garnish with a pile of fresh tomato in the middle, (I like Campari best), and sprinkle chopped fresh parsley all over the top. (Otherwise serve tomato and parsley on the side for your guests to add.

Notes

A couple of tips for this recipe:
  • You can try out different cheeses, but make sure you use the two cups of mozzarella as that will give it the gooey factory you need.  
  • When it comes to shredded mozzarella, there is only one I use now and that is Kraft Creamy Melt Mozzarella with a touch of Philadelphia cream cheese.  This stuff is amazingly melty and delicious.  It makes all the difference in any of the recipes I use shredded mozzarella in.
  • If you like an extra little kick, add some extra red pepper flakes.
  • When you initially mix the ingredients together, you may think it is too dry – it’s not!  Keep mixing and pressing the mixture in to each other until it’s well combined, then spread in to the greased pie dish.
  • A glass pie dish works best for this dip!
  • I generally serve this with the tomatoes and parsley on the side for people to add as they want in case people don’t like tomatoes, (like my boys!)