Smoked Veggie Cream Cheese
Smoked Veggie Cream Cheese is a recipe perfect for the smoker or Traeger pellet grill, serve on bagels, crackers, or with veggies!
Equipment
- Traeger/Pellet Grill
- Smoker
Ingredients
- 2 8 ounce blocks cream cheese
- garlic powder, paprika
- 1 red bell pepper
- 8 baby carrots
- olive oil, kosher salt, pepper
- 3 tablespoons chopped chives
- Optional: bagels, crackers, bagel crisps, and/or veggies
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with foil and add the cream cheese blocks. Cut diagonal slices about half inch deep a few times (picture example in post above). Sprinkle a little garlic powder and paprika over the cream cheese.
- Slice the red pepper in half and remove the stem and seeds. Coat the red pepper and carrots with a little olive oil, kosher salt, and pepper. Place them on the tray with the cream cheese.
- Set the smoker or pellet grill to 225 degrees and place the tray on the grill grate for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
- Put the cream cheese and veggies in a blender of food processor along with some kosher salt and pepper, pulse until combined how you like. Add the chives and pulse a few more times.
- Refrigerate if desired or serve right away with bagels, crackers, bagel crisps, and/or veggies.