Fall means football, tailgating, and family gatherings, and this is the perfect recipe for all of the following occasions! This delicious shareable serves a crowd, is easy to make, and few things are more uniquely Kentucky than beer cheese. For more amazing recipes like this, check out Garin Pirnia‘s THE BEER CHEESE BOOK.
Beer Cheese Cheese Ball
Makes 1 6-inch ball
8 ounces cream cheese
4 ounces beer cheese
¼ cup parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon onion, minced
½ cup pretzels*, ground
*(Note: In place of pretzels, you can grind up Ritz crackers or pecans and coat
the ball with them).
Allow the cream cheese and beer cheese to come to room temperature. Mix the
two in a bowl. Add the parsley and onion and stir until well blended.
Shape the mixture into a ball using either your hands or a spatula. Chill
the ball in the refrigerator for a few hours.
Place the pretzels in a food processor and grind them for 30 seconds, or
until fine.
Immediately before serving, take the beer cheese ball out of the fridge.
Spread the ground pretzels on a plate and roll and sprinkle the pretzels on the
ball until it’s coated. Serve with crackers.
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