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Easy Beer Cheese – Two Ways

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Easy Beer Cheese – Two Ways is so versatile you can make the original version or mix things up by using pimento cheese for a fun and delicious alternative.

Easy Beer Cheese - Two Ways is so versatile you can make the original version or mix things up by using pimento cheese for a fun and delicious alternative

This post was originally published on January 29, 2017, but the Super Bowl is tomorrow so I thought you could use some easy beer cheese. 

 

So I was trying to relax at the nail salon while getting an overdue and much deserved manicure and pedicure.  I had a glass of delicious red wine in my hand and reached for some beer cheese when I’m abruptly awakened from my dream like state with a complaint from Lisa.  You have never put this beer cheese on your blog.  What?

Easy Beer Cheese - Two Ways is so versatile you can make the original version or mix things up by using pimento cheese for a fun and delicious alternative

Au contraire mon frere.

Easy Beer Cheese - Two Ways is so versatile you can make the original version or mix things up by using pimento cheese for a fun and delicious alternative

I have put Lisa’s beer cheese recipe on this ridiculous website, but I can understand the oversight since it wasn’t in the title.  It was actually the first recipe I shared when I launched my new look almost two years ago.

Easy Beer Cheese - Two Ways is so versatile you can make the original version or mix things up by using pimento cheese for a fun and delicious alternative

In order to make Lisa eat her words happy and because I absolutely cannot get excited about either one of the teams playing in the Super Bowl this year, so I’m going to be faceplanting in some beer cheese only coming up long enough to watch commercials and hope Tom Brady gets sacked, I share with you two versions of beer cheese – Lisa’s original and pimento.

Yes, from the girl who said she doesn’t like pimentos because she doesn’t like olives.  I’m looking at you, Lisa.

Easy Beer Cheese - Two Ways is so versatile you can make the original version or mix things up by using pimento cheese for a fun and delicious alternative.

Easy Beer Cheese - Two Ways
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Easy Beer Cheese – Two Ways

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 4 ounces extra sharp white cheddar cheese shredded
  • 2 - 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 -2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 = 3/4 cup beer

Instructions

  1. Combine cream cheese, cheddar, garlic, and Worcestershire Sauce in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until combined.
  2. With the food processor running, slowly stream in beer until desired consistency is reached

For a Pimento Cheese Version

  1. Combine 8 ounces of pimento cheese, 4 ounces cream cheese, garlic, and Worcestershire sauce in a food processor and pulse until combined.
  2. With food processor running, slowly stream in beer until desired consistency is reached

NOTES:

  1. I used my Irish Red Ale home brew for this, but you can use any beer that you want.  Just remember that it is going to taste like whatever beer you use, so be careful of anything too hoppy or with flavors you don’t want in your cheese.
  2. Serve with pretzels, chips, bread, pita, vegetables, or any other kind of snack you like

 

Easy Beer Cheese - Two Ways

Philly Cheesesteak – Southern Style with Pimento Cheese, Jalapeno Pale Ale Fried Green Tomatoes topped with a Sunny Side Up Fried Egg

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Surprise!  It’s totally a very manly virtual baby shower for David!

 

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This is not yo mama’s baby shower.  This is all about dudes and dude food, yo!  David loves him some southern food, so we’re taking this Yankee classic – the Philly Cheesesteak – and southernizing it with some pimento cheese and Bird Song Brewing Jalapeno Pale Ale fried green tomatoes.  Woot!

 

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Of course, it wouldn’t be truly southern if we didn’t crack a fried egg on top and throw in some beer! So what?  I might be a redneck if I bring beer to a baby shower, but it’s a MAN shower with dude food and David’s not the one with the bun in the oven!  Beer is mandatory.

 

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David is lives in upstate NY and belongs to a curling club – how cool is that?  My southern heart does not quite understand what in tarnation happens with this rock and ice activity, but I’m totally on board with his love of cinnamon.

 

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David also loves grilling, but I just cooked up this steak in a cast iron skillet.

 

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I absolutely adore the spirit of a very manly virtual baby shower.  Seriously, I love the community and friends I’ve made in this blogging world. I hope y’all join us in celebrating David and his wife Laura welcoming their little dude into their family!

 

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Cheers and Congratulations David and Laura!

 

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Here are the rest of the cool bloggers at the party:

  1. American Heritage Cooking – Buffalo Chicken Blue Cheese Hand Pies
  2. Bakerita – Bacon Toffee
  3. Baking a Moment – http://bakingamoment.com/pumpkin-beer-soft-pretzels/
  4. The Big Man’s World – No-Bake Salted Caramel Apple Slice
  5. Blahnik Baker – Shredded BBQ Chicken Nachos
  6. Cook with Manali – Cinnamon Churros
  7. Cooking for Keeps – Brown Butter Seared Burgers Bourbon Mushrooms and Gruyere
  8. Foodness Gracious – Cider Braised Beef with Short Ribs with Sweet Potato Mash
  9. Gather for Bread – Ham Potato and Corn Chowder
  10. Hip Foodie Mom – Mini Croques Monsieur Sandwiches
  11. The Iron You – Wolfpack Style Meatballs
  12. Jem of the South – Praline Popcorn
  13. Kevin is Cooking – No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Pecan Tarts
  14. Life Made Sweeter – Maple Sriracha Pulled Pork Mini Pot Pies
  15. Pizzazzerie – Vanilla Almond Snowball Cake
  16. Runnin Srilankan – Cinnamon Bacon Doughnuts
  17. Shared Appetite – Buffalo Garlic Knots
  18. Snixy Kitchen – Butternut Squash Bacon Deviled Eggs
  19. Urban Bakes – Maple Bourbon Bacon Chocolate Doughnuts
  20. Whisk and Shout – Vegan White Pizza With Spinach Basil

 

 

 

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Philly Cheesesteak – Southern Style

Ingredients

For the Pimento Cheese

  • 8 ounces extra sharp white cheddar shredded
  • 4 ounces extra sharp yellow cheddar shredded
  • 1/2 cup mayonaise
  • 1/4 cup pimentos

For the Jalapeno Pale Ale Battered Fried Green Tomatoes

  • 2 medium to large green tomatoes cut into 1/4 inch slices - you want to have at least 2 per sandwich (at least 8 slices)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup beer - I used Birdsong Brewing Co. Jalapeno Pale Ale
  • 2 cups panko bread crumbs
  • 1 cup canola oil - depending on the size of your pan - you want the oil to come halfway up the sides of the tomatoes

Other Ingredients

  • 1 green bell pepper cored and sliced into 1/4 inch wide pieces lengthwise
  • 2 onions halved and cut into 1/4 inch slices
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 fried egg per sandwich
  • 4 hoagie rolls
  • 3 pounds or so very thinly sliced sirloin
  • Texas Pete optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200

For the Pimento Cheese

  1. Combine both cheeses, mayonaise, and pimentos in a food processor and blend until combined
  2. Set aside or refrigerate until needed

For the Jalapeno Pale Ale Fried Green Tomatoes

  1. Combine beer and flour in a bowl and set aside for 20-30 minutes
  2. Add panko to a separate bowl
  3. Pour canola oil into a deep cast iron skillet over high heat
  4. Coat both sides of tomatoes in beer batter, then transfer to the bowl of panko and coat both sides, shaking off excess
  5. Working in batches, CAREFULLY and using tongs, transfer tomatoes to hot oil and fry until you can see that they are getting golden, crispy, and brown on the bottom and coming up the sides, then carefully flip and fry until golden, crispy, and brown on the other side
  6. Remove from pan and drain on a paper towel lined plate, then transfer to a parchment lined baking pan
  7. When all tomatoes are fried, drained, and transferred to the baking pan, keep warm in oven

For the Peppers and Onions

  1. Melt butter with olive oil over medium heat
  2. Add sliced peppers and cook for 3-4 minutes, then add onions and cook until fragrant and translucent and peppers are soft

Cooking the Meat and Finishing/Assembly

  1. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium high heat
  2. Working in batches, cook the sirloin slices 1 minute each side, remove to a plate tented with aluminum foil
  3. Arrange hoagie rolls on a plate
  4. Pile rolls high with the cooked sirloin - divide evenly between the rolls
  5. Evenly distribute peppers and onions over the top of each sandwich
  6. Add desired amount of pimento cheese to each
  7. Top with 2 or more Jalapeno Pale Ale Fried Green Tomatoes
  8. Top with fried egg
  9. Dash desired amount of Texas Pete on top