Buttery Beer Bread & Country Ham Spread

These recipes from Chris Ross,executive chef at Louisville’s Bristol Bar & Grille, will set you up for some seriously spectacular snacking.Beer in bread and country ham as spread? It doesn’t get much more macho than that.

Country Ham Spread

1 cup finely diced country ham

2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

2 teaspoons honey

½ cup mayonnaise

  1. In a food processor, grind the country ham as fine as it will get. Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until the ham bits are as small as possible.
  2. Place in a crock and serve with buttery beer bread.

Note: For a thinner spread, add more mayonnaise.

Buttery Beer Bread

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

¼ cup sugar

1 12-ounce can beer

1 stick butter, melted

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together dry ingredients and add beer.
  2. Spray loaf pan and pour in batter. Pour melted butter on top of the batter.
  3. Bake for 1 hour.