Yep, Landshark. There is this bbq joint that the Southern husband and I go to almost every Friday night, and they have a surfboard hanging on the wall that has the Landshark logo painted on it and a big sharkbite out of the side of it. The Southern husband COVETS that surfboard (don’t ask me, I don’t know), and since he hasn’t been able yet to track down one of his own, he settles for the beer.
Anyway, you need to bring a big hunk of your personal favorite cheddar to room temperature and chop it up into chunks. Drop them into your food processor and let it rip – you want to process it until the cheese is pretty smooth. Once your cheese is processed, you are going to toss in some garlic, a little Worcestershire sauce and some dry mustard. Process, process.
Now for the beer. I must pause and say we have one bottle opener in our house. It talks when you open a bottle of beer, and it talks LOUDLY. Please click here if you want to listen to what I have to listen to every time I open a bottle of something, and please keep in mind that I am a Mets fan. Opposites attract! Anyway, take your open bottle firmly in hand, and slowly pour the beer through your food processor’s feeding tube. Here’s where the art of making beer cheese happens, because you want to put in enough beer to make it fluffy and spreadable, but not so much that it is soupy. This pretty much means that you are going to need to do a decent amount of sampling. Pour in a little beer, turn off the food processor, taste a little cheese, put the lid back on, pour in a little more beer. Repeat as needed. (I know…it’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it.)
Now, you pretty much can’t get this wrong, because the perfect consistency is however YOU like it best. If you overshoot the beer and you feel like you’ve made it too fluffy or thin, just toss in a little more cheese. But really, if you are responsible about the testing and you add the beer in increments, you will do just fine, and about 5 minutes after you start you will be sitting down with the remaining beer and a cracker that looks like this:
And all will be right with the world, whether you are in Kentucky, Vermont or somewhere in between. Beer cheese!
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Sounds like a great baseball snack!
So happy that Baseball is back !
(tuning in daily to Spring Training!)
I’m a Black and Orange gal… Goooo
SF Giants!
Have some company coming in a couple of weeks they will love it!
Let’s go Mets! And let’s go beer cheese!!
PS… I clicked through all of your fun links!
I will keep my eyes out for a Landshark(love the name!)
and oh good grief… the Mason Jar looks amazing!!
What a spread and looks like a fun, local spot!
Great post Kate! Are you home yet?
It’s a great place – I got back last night and guess where we went for pizza and bbq?
I love how you’ve used beer to turn cheddar into something spreadable! So yum.
It’s a match made in heaven – cheese and beer!
Thanks for this, Kate. I can always count on you to give me something to do over the weekend.
You are so welcome! I love experimenting with new recipes on the weekend when I have lots of time to spread out around my kitchen.
being from ky and all …..try adding some red pepper….cayenne to the next batch and see what you think.
Red pepper! I’m there!
Just in time! Between Spring Training and World Baseball Classic I’m pulling an all-dayer with the tv today. Since hubby has to work we can’t make it to any of the spring training games going on all around where I live.
I need to self medicate with yummy food. I have to side with the southern hubby today, we share a favorite team. But, to be diplomatic… Go USA!!
Go USA sounds just perfect to me! Hurray for baseball season!