Beer and cheese dip… yummy! Pick out your favorite beer pair it with cheese and a few spices, and you have a delicious appetizer spread. And despite the name, beer cheese dip is great for things like tortilla chips, bread sticks, broccoli florets, etc. If you use dark beer (malts and stouts) your dip will have a bitter flavor. If you use a light beer, this is far less bitter and more adaptable to a variety of finger foods for a snack tray.
Ingredients
¼cbutter
¼cflour
1tspgarlic powder
1tsponion powder
¼tsppowdered chipotle
½tspKosher salt
1cwhole milk
2/3cof your choice of beer
1tspstone ground mustard.
1 ½tspWorcestershire sauce
3cupscheese(any mix you desire)
Instructions
Melt the butter flour and dry seasonings in a saucier pan (poêle à sauce).
Bring to medium heat, cooking for one minute
Slowly add the milk and beer. Whisk after each addition.
Stir in the mustard and Worcestershire
Simmer until bubbly and thick
Turn the heat to low
Reduce the heat to low
Add the cheese a little at a time.
Continue whisking until the cheese melts completely
Place in a small crock pot to keep it warm for serving
Melt the butter flour and dry seasonings in a saucier pan (poêle à sauce).
Bring to medium heat, cooking for one minute
Slowly add the milk and beer. Whisk after each addition.
Stir in the mustard and Worcestershire
Simmer until bubbly and thick
Turn the heat to low
Reduce the heat to low
Add the cheese a little at a time.
Continue whisking until the cheese melts completely
Place in a small crock pot to keep it warm for serving
Notes
Besides dipping, beer cheese dip has other applications. You can use it as a spread for sandwiches, for example. Other ideas include: