Irish Pub Cheese Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is pub cheese made of? ›

Combine Cheddar cheese, cream cheese, Worcestershire, mustard powder, garlic powder, and onion powder in a food processor. Pulse until the ingredients are mixed. Turn food processor to high and slowly pour in beer through the feed tube; blend until smooth.

Pub cheese is a type of soft cheese spread or dip prepared using cheese as a primary ingredient and usually with some type of beer or ale added. While beer cheese is made with beer, pub cheese can be made without alcohol. Pub cheese is a traditional bar snack in the United States.

Pub cheese is typically made with a hearty dose of cheese, beer, and a medley of spices or horseradish, which adds a fiery kick and massive flavor punch. It has a creamy texture and is super versatile: You can use it as a dip, melt it over fries or nachos, or even use it as a condiment for burgers and sandwiches.

After opening, you can safely store most soft cheeses in the fridge for at least 7 days and most hard cheeses for 3–4 weeks. Carefully inspect hard cheeses for mold and cut off any spots, but toss soft cheeses and crumbled, shredded, or sliced cheeses (whether hard or soft) if you see mold.

Can you melt pub cheese? Yes, if you're using store-bought, refrigerated pub cheese, you can gently warm pub cheese to transform it from a thick spread into an easy, breezy dip, perfect for dunking crackers, chips, pretzels, vegetables, or if you're ready for the derision of your peers, your entire face.

What does pimento cheese taste like? It has cheddar and cream cheese overtones, but with a distinctly tangy, pepper-y flavor provided by the pimentos. If you've ever had pub cheese or beer cheese or even queso, you might find that you enjoy the combination of dairy and spices.

Smooth, creamy Pub Cheese® spread by Président® is meticulously crafted by blending 9 month aged cheddar with milk, cream and other high-quality ingredients.

Fruity wheat beers pair especially well with cheese! Dark Beers: Stouts and porters also make a great beer cheese sauce, but are best paired with a sharp, funky cheese that can stand up to their strong, rich flavors. Super-hoppy IPAs: If you love this style of beer, go for it.

A full-bodied, matured cheese often goes well with heavier beer types, like pale lager, brown ales or even stouts. You might also give a heavy barley wine a try. Sharp blue cheeses can handle a heavy black stout, which can otherwise easily smother other flavors. Heavy, fruity beers also go well with blue cheeses.

According to legend, it all started in the late 1930s on the banks of the Kentucky River near Winchester. The unique salty, spicy spread was created by Chef Joe Allman for his cousin Johnnie, owner of the Driftwood Inn, who served it as a complimentary snack to increase his customers' appetite for beer.

Can I freeze pub cheese? ›

Yes, you can freeze cheese — here's what you need to know before you do. It's totally okay to freeze bulk cheese or cheese that you intend to use for cooking. If you do so, repackage it into smaller portions so you can just thaw what you need. Don't freeze artisanal cheese, because it will affect its texture and flavor ...

Serving ideas for pub cheese:

After garnishing with chives, we love serving this with hard or soft pretzels (homemade, maybe?), but pretzel bites work too. Honestly, there's not a lot that doesn't go well with this dip: try everything from crackers to toasty bread to grapes.

Président is a French dairy brand owned by Lactalis of Laval, Mayenne. The brand was created in 1933 by André Besnier. It is used for butter and for a range of industrially produced versions of traditional cheese.

Smooth, creamy Pub Cheese® spread by Président® is meticulously crafted by blending 9 month aged cheddar with milk, cream and other high-quality ingredients.

This Sharp Cheddar Pub Cheese version contains aged cheddar that is expertly combined with milk and cream. These simple ingredients produce a well-rounded soft, creamy, cheese spread. Great for snacking with crackers, pretzels, or vegetables.

Government cheese was provided through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program to recipients of welfare, food stamps, and Social Security, at no cost to them. Government cheese was nominally removed in the 1990s when the dairy market stabilized.

Roughly speaking: Beer cheese sauce, bourbon caramel and other sauces brought to a boil and then removed from the heat typically retain about 85 percent of the alcohol. Diane, cherries jubilee and other recipes that flame the alcohol may still have 75 percent of the alcohol.