Guinness and Caramelized Onion Cheese Ball
Servings: 16
Time: 30mins
Difficulty: easy
Makes 2 cheese balls
Allow extra time for chilling
12 ounces finely chopped yellow onion
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup Guinness stout ale or other stout ale
7 ounces Aged White Irish Cheddar cheese (Kerrygold)
4 ounces sharp Cheddar cheese
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 tablespoons dried snipped chives
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 cup chopped toasted walnuts
Method:
Saute onion in a nonstick skillet with butter, garlic, sugar, salt and black pepper until caramelized.
Stir in Guinness while off the heat, then return to heat and cook, stirring, until liquid reduces and is syrupy; let cool.
Shred cheddar cheeses in a food processor fitted with a shredder attachment or grate by hand.
Add cream cheese, chives, mustard and caramelized onions, pulsing a few times until cheese is smooth and comes together.
Form the cheese into two balls and roll in walnuts.
Wrap in plastic and chill until firm, at least a few hours but I like to chill mine a day ahead to mellow the flavors.
Serve cheese ball at room temperature with crackers or crudite.
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com
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