Benedictine Spread

Benedictine Spread- this Kentucky sandwich dispersed made with pick cheese, cucumbers, and dill is simply a airy and refreshing dainty for summer.

What Is Benedictine?

It’s a fashionable Kentucky look dating backmost to the aboriginal 20th century. It was invented by Jennie Benedict. Made with pick cheese, cucumbers, and dill it is simply a airy and tasty look for the warmer months and a indispensable for a Kentucky Derby party.

Ingredients Needed

• English Cucumber– you tin usage a regular cucumber but scrape retired and discard the seeds. You volition astir apt request to usage 2.
• Onion– either yellowish oregon sweet.
• Cream Cheese– I usage full-fat but you tin usage reduced-fat.
• Sour Cream– mayonnaise tin beryllium utilized instead.
• Fresh Dill– usage fresh. Don’t substitute dried.
• Salt and Pepper
• Green Food Coloring– optional but typically utilized successful Benedictine spread.

Make Ahead

This look should beryllium made astatine slightest 2 hours successful advance. Not lone volition this let the flavors to develop, it volition thicken it up.

How To Serve Benedictine Spread

Can beryllium served either arsenic a sandwich spread, typically connected achromatic breadstuff with the crusts chopped away, oregon arsenic a dip with crudites oregon crackers. This dip should beryllium connected the paper of each Kentucky Derby Party. Use a cooky cutter to chopped achromatic breadstuff into circles and marque small digit sandwiches for a brunch oregon a tea.

How To Store

Can beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality successful the refrigerator for 3 days. Do not freeze. The texture volition not beryllium good.

Kitchen Tools I Use

• Box Grater– to grate the cucumber.
• Food Processor– to process the dip until smooth.

More Cucumber Recipes

• Pickled Cuucmbers and Onions
• Cucumber Dill Dressing
• Cucumber Coleslaw
• Creamy Italian Cucumber Salad
• Marinated Cucumber, Tomato, and Onion Salad

More Kentucky Derby Recipes

• Hot Brown Casserole
• Mini Hot Brown Tarts
• Derby Pie Bars
• Kentucky Chocolate Walnut Pie
• Kentucky Butter Cake

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Benedictine Spread

Benedictine Spread- this Kentucky sandwich dispersed made with pick cheese, cucumbers, and dill is simply a airy and refreshing dainty for summer. And it's cleanable for a Kentucky Derby Party.

Course Appetizer, Lunch

Cuisine Southern

Keyword Kentucky Derby

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes minutes

Servings 18

Calories 94kcal

Equipment

• box grater
• Food Processor

Ingredients

• 1 English Cucumber
• ¼ yellow oregon saccharine onion
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 teaspoon chopped caller dill
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 2 drops green nutrient coloring
• salt, to taste

Instructions

• Grate cucumber connected a ample container grater, leaving the tegument on.

  Grate onion.

  Place cucumber and bulb successful respective layers of insubstantial towels and compression the h2o out.
• Place cucumber, onion, pick cheese, sour cream, dill, pepper, and nutrient coloring successful a nutrient processor. Process until smooth.
• Check for seasoning and adhd brackish to taste.
• Refrigerate for astatine slightest 2 hours earlier serving.

Notes

Nutritional info is provided arsenic a usher lone and volition alteration based connected brands of products used.

Nutrition

Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 62mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 364IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 0.1mg

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