Wisconsin Edam and Beer Spread

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Appetizers

Ingredients

  • 1 ball Wisconsin Edam cheese
  • 3/4 cup butter, cubed and softened
  • 2 tbsp snipped fresh chives
  • 2 tsp Dijon
  • 1/2 cup amber beer, at room temp
  • Cocktail, rye or pumpernickel bread slices

Directions

  1. Cut one-fifth from top of cheese to create flat surface. With a melon baller, remove cheese from center of ball leaving 1/2-inch thick shell. Shred cheese removed from ball and top to measure 4 cups.

  2. In a large bowl, place shredded cheese, butter, chives, and mustard; mix with spoon until blended. Stir in beer until blended. Spoon spread into hollowed cheese ball; reserve remaining spread for refills. Chill until serving time. Serve as spread with cocktail bread.

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