Appetizer Recipes
Smoked Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients
- Brick of Cheddar cheese (preferably "Old Fort" or aged Cheddar)
Instructions
- Place cheese on the rack.
- Use a mild smoke flavor such as maple or fruit woods. Or try hickory flavor briquettes, which will give a very distinct flavor. Open the damper wide and make sure you do not go over 100 degrees F or else you will melt the cheese. Smoke for 1 to 2 hours.
If temperature rises to a point where the cheese starts to melt, stop smoking, cool the cheese and the smoker completely, and restart the process.
- Cheese is now ready to use as an appetizer with your favorite wine or with apple pie and ice cream.