Alternative names | Benedictine spread |
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Type | Sandwich filling, condiment, or dip |
Place of origin | United States |
Region or state | Louisville, Kentucky |
Created by | Jennie Carter Benedict |
Serving temperature | cold or room temperature |
Main ingredients | Cucumbers, cream cheese |
Ingredients generally used | onion, cayenne pepper, salt |
Variations | Mayonnaise |
Benedictine or benedictine spread is a spread made with cucumbers and cream cheese. [1] [2] [3] Invented near the beginning of the 20th century, [1] it was originally and still is used for making cucumber sandwiches, but in recent years it has been used as a dip [3] [4] or combined with meat in a sandwich. [5] [6] This spread can be obtained pre-made from some Louisville, Kentucky-area grocery stores. [7]
Although benedictine is rarely seen in restaurants outside the state of Kentucky, it has been written about in articles in national publications such as The New York Times , The Washington Post , and Saveur Magazine , and also reported about on multimedia outlets such as the Food Network and NPR.
A benedictine-based sandwich was featured on the Food Network's 50 States 50 Sandwiches program in 2012, [8] on the television shows of celebrity chefs Paula Deen [9] and Damaris Phillips, [5] in Southern Living magazine as one of June's "2011 Best Recipes" for their corresponding issue, [10] in Garden & Gun magazine, [11] and in PopSugar. [12] [13]
Benedictine was invented near the beginning of the 20th century by Jennie Carter Benedict, a caterer, restaurateur and cookbook author in Louisville, Kentucky. [14] Benedict opened a kitchen for providing catering services in 1893, and in 1900 opened a restaurant and tea room called Benedict's. [14] It was probably during her catering period when she invented and originally served benedictine. [15]
Benedict's cookbooks are still being sold a century after they were first published. For example, her The Blue Ribbon Cook Book, which first published in 1902, has been reprinted numerous times and recently in 2008. [16] Although early editions of this book do not contain a recipe for the spread, [17] the 2022 edition does. [18]
Following are the original benedictine recipe ingredients used by Benedict, as reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal and NPR: [2] [3]
The original spread is made by thoroughly blending all these ingredients with a fork. [2] [3]
Modern variants of the recipe use grated or chopped cucumber and onions rather than juice, as well as dill and common spread ingredients. They also use significantly less salt. [1] [3]
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... this edition is the first to come complete with the now-famous spread that bears Benedict's name.