Obatzda (German Cheese Dip)
Servings: 1.5 cups
Ingredients
- 6 ounces (170g) Camembert ripe and soft
- 4 ounces (115g) spreadable cheese (wedges) or cream cheese soft
- 3 tablespoons (45g) soft butter
- 1 1/4 teaspoons paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped chives
- 1/4 medium red onion
- 2 tablespoons beer can be non-alcoholic
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Make sure to take the cheeses and butter out of the fridge to soften at least 1 hour before preparing the dip.
- Grind the caraway seeds in a food processor / coffee grinder / using a mortar and pestle. Finely chop chives and onion. Rinse the onion in a sieve.
- Cut Camembert into cubes and add to a large bowl. Add melting cheese, butter, paprika, ground caraway seeds, and cayenne. Mash the mixture with a fork (pastry cutter also works well) until just slightly chunky but mostly smooth.
- Add chopped chives, chopped and rinsed onion, and beer. Season to taste with salt and pepper, stir until combined.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- You can serve this with pretzels, pretzels bites, sourdough bread, or vegetables such as radishes or red bell pepper.
- Onion can be omitted. Instead of beer, you can also use milk.
- If you're not planning to serve it right away, add the chives and onion just before serving (optional, but the dip tastes better if they are added just before serving).
- Calories = whole recipe. This is only an estimate!
Nutrition
Calories: 1122kcal