Contemporary Bavarian cheese dip starter.

Brats-Beer-Cheese Dip

This Oktoberfest inspired dip is is creamy, cheesy, loaded with bratwurst and spiced up with German beer.

No matter if you serve it as a starter for your dinner or bring it to a potluck you never can go wrong with this crowd-pleaser.

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Oktoberfest Brats & Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

Recipe

German Beer Cheese Dip

Angela Schofield

4.73 from 11 votes

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Course Snacks

Cuisine German

Servings portions

Ingredients

4 oz. bacon finely diced
1 medium onion finely diced
1 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. yellow mustard
1 tbsp. honey
⅔ cup beer or apple cider
0.5 cup milk
0.5 cup heavy whipping cream
8 oz. full fat cream cheese
8 oz. shredded sharp cheddar cheese
4 brats i.e. “beer brats” or “better than cheddar brats”
½ tsp. Hungarian paprika powder optional
½ tsp. pepper optional
2 tbsp. green onions finely sliced

Instructions

Dice bacon and onion finely.
Melt butter in a cast iron skillet and fry bacon and onion over medium heat until translucent.
Add mustard and honey and stir well.
Let simmer over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
Add the beer or apple cider. Stir well and let simmer until almost all liquid is evaporated.
In the meantime, you can cut the cream cheese into 1-inch cubes.
Stir in the milk and heavy whipping cream.
Add cream cheese and stir occasionally until the cream cheese is completely melted. This takes about 5 minutes.
In the meantime, cut the brats and green onions into fine slices.
Add ¾ of the shredded cheddar and the spices (optional) to the skillet.
Stir well until cheese melts.
Add the brats and mix them well into the cheese mixture.
Let cook for about 2 minutes.
Add the remaining shredded sharp cheddar and green onions on top and serve hot in the skillet.
Serve warm with pretzel bites.

Nutrition

Yield: 1grams

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Serving Tip

Serve with homemade pretzel bites or pretzels.

Served in a bread bowl this dip can make a great center piece on your table. Plus it will save the clean up because your guests will eat until no crumb is left.