Smoked Cream Cheese with Habanero Honey
Servings 8 servings
Ingredients
- 8 ounces full fat cream cheese
Dry Rub
- ¾ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 pinch chipotle powder
Habanero Honey
- ½ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce El Yucateco Kutbil-Ik XXXtra Hot Habanero Sauce, plus extra for drizzling
- 1 teaspoon olive oil drizzled over finished dish
- 1 pinch flaky sea salt optional
Instructions
Prepare the Smoker and Cream Cheese
- Preheat pellet smoker to 175ºF and fill your hopper with pellets if needed.
- While preheating, prepare the cream cheese block by generously pouring the dry rub onto all sides and edges. Lightly rub the spices into the cream cheese block.
- Then with a sharp knife, score the cream cheese block in a cross hatch pattern with alternating diagonal lines across the cream cheese.
- Move your cream cheese onto a piece of parchment paper or into an oven-safe dish that you plan to serve the cream cheese in. It's not easy to move and maintain the shape later!
- Once preheated, add your cream cheese to the smoker and let cook for 1 hour and 30 minutes. You can check on it about halfway through just to make sure your temperature is holding properly and the cream cheese isn't cooking too quickly.
Make the Habanero Honey
- When there are about 5 minutes left on the cream cheese, mix together the honey and El Yucateco hot sauce in a small pot over low heat. Stir to combine and remove from heat.
Assemble and Serve
- Remove the baking dish with the cream cheese from the smoker and pour hot honey over it. You don't have to pour all of the hot sauce mixture if you want it to be more cream cheese forward.
- Top with additional drops of hot sauce, drizzle with olive oil and top with flaky sea salt, if desired.
- Add your favorite dippers like toasted bread slices, crackers, peppers, or carrots and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Serving: 1oz | Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 211mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 480IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 0.2mg
