Smoked Cherry Bourbon Cream Cheese
Smoked Cherry Bourbon Cream Cheese is a fun appetizer recipe for the smoker or Traeger pellet grill served with crackers!
Equipment
- Traeger/Pellet Grill
- Smoker
Ingredients
- 1 8 ounce block cream cheese
- 2 cups frozen cherries
- 1/2 cup cherry bourbon (I used Red Stag)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves (plus more to sprinkle over top)
- crackers or pretzel crisps
Instructions
- Put the cream cheese on a plate. Cut diagonal lines about half inch deep (picture example in post above).
- Put the plate with the cream cheese on the smoker or pellet grill set to 180 degrees for 2 hours.
- While the cream cheese is on the smoker put the cherries, cherry bourbon, sugar, a pinch of salt, and fresh thyme in a saucepan. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 17 to 20 minutes, stirring a few times and breaking up the cherries. Let cool.Note: For a stronger bourbon flavor stir in another splash of the cherry bourbon after cooking.
- Serve the cream cheese with the bourbon cherries over top and garnished with fresh thyme. Serve with crackers or pretzel crisps either warm or at room temperature.