Smoked Cream Cheese
Cream cheese topped with a savory salty seasoning, smoked then topped with hot honey. Dip seasoned crackers into cream cheese for a delightful dip on a charcuterie board or by itself.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 360kcal
Equipment
- 1 smoker
Ingredients
- ½ tsp paprika sweet
- ½ teaspoon granulated garlic
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon fennel seed
- 8 oz cream cheese cold
- ½ cup honey I use Local Hive Honey
- ½ tsp crushed red pepper
- 6 oz seasoned crackers for serving
Instructions
- Heat smoker to 160°F-180°F then place block of cream cheese onto a small sheet of parchment paper
- Mix paprika, garlic, onion powder, sugar, salt and fennel together then sprinkle evenly over the top of the cream cheese
- Score cream cheese then place it in the smoker for 1½ hours
- Right before cream cheese comes off the smoker, heat the honey and red pepper flakes in a small sauce pot just until warm. Remove cream cheese from smoker, transfer to a platter then top with hot honey. Serve crackers alongside warm cream cheese
Nutrition
Calories: 360kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 470mg | Potassium: 108mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 570IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 1mg
