Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread
Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread is perfect for bagels or crackers. Fresh cucumbers, green onions, Worcestershire sauce and cream cheese.
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Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread is perfect for bagels or crackers. Fresh cucumbers, green onions, Worcestershire sauce and cream cheese. If you are a fan of bagels and cream cheese or if you like to snack on crackers with some creamy goodness smeared on top then you will really enjoy this spread. It’s very similar to Benedictine spread (just not as thin.) My friend Patti calls it “Cucumber Crack.” Ha!
IS IT LOW CARB OR KETO-FRIENDLY?
I make this quite often for myself and my girlfriends. It is great to snack on or you can make a meal with it by spreading it on a lightly toasted bagel and having it for lunch. It’s also a refreshing appetizer. And yes, it is low carb! My low carb friends enjoy eating it on low carb tortillas or even on zucchini slices.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- cucumber
- green onions
- cream cheese – see my post on How to Soften Cream Cheese Quickly
- Worcestershire sauce
- salt
HOW TO MAKE CUCUMBER CREAM CHEESE SPREAD
To make in the food processor: trim away roots from base of green onion, place in food processor. Add cucumber to food processor bowl.
Cover and process until coarsely chopped (DON’T OVERPROCESS!)
Add cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Cover and process until smooth.
Transfer to a medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight for flavors to blend.
Note: If you don’t have a food processor, finely chop the cucumber and the green onions. In a medium bowl combine cucumber, green onions, softened cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Cover and refrigerate overnight for flavors to blend (for best flavor.)
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Originally published: March 2011
Updated and republished: March 2019
Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients
- ½ cucumber, peeled and cut into chunks
- 3 green onions
- 8 ounce block cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Add 1/2 cucumber, peeled and cut into chunks to food processor bowl. Trim away roots from base of 3 green onions and cut into slices and place in food processor.
- Cover and process until coarsely chopped (DON'T OVER PROCESS!)
- Add 8 ounce block cream cheese, softened to room temperature, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
- Cover and process again until combined. Again, try not to over process so you have some chunks of cucumber in there. Transfer to a bowl.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight for flavors to blend. Please don’t skip this step and try to eat it right away – trust me, it makes a big difference in flavor when you let it hang out overnight.
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Notes
- Finely chop the cucumber and the green onions.
- In a medium bowl combine cucumber, green onions, cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight for flavors to blend.
- Use as little or as much cucumber that you like. Make it to your taste! Serve on a toasted bagel or crackers.
Nutrition
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Absolutely delicious!
I’m on sodium restricted diet so I just leave out the salt & Worcestershire sauce I use dried dill. Just for fun I’ve used Whipped chive cream cheese instead of a block of reg cream cheese it made it nice & spreadable a bit of lemon juice brightens the flavor & is a nice sub for the salt
I am allergic to onions. Could I use fresh dill or something else in place of the green onions?
Thanks!
I’m using garlic powder to taste instead of onions.
Delicious
Use this in a BLT. Go all out and use candied bacon. I’ve been known to lick the drips on my arms it’s so good.
Made this for a party and used crackers and it was a hit! I would spread this on a bagel or make sandwiches too!
I have made this twice. The last time I made it was for girls movie night. They really liked it and asked for the recipe. Really good! I served it with Captains Wafers crackers. Will definitely make again.
i loved it…but since my family is watching salt intake i substituted the salt for dill and it was amazing. i loved it and passed the end result along with the original and my additions on to a neighbor who came back for more of a sampling. so i think this is a big hit. thanks for a wonderful recipe now im off to buy a food processor.
Made it for a light snack for a gathering at our subdivision lake/beach huge hit! I did add some crumbled bacon and black pepper.
I’m from Kentucky and this is very similar to a spread we call “Benedictine”. It’s DELISHHH!!!
Yum! So great!
All my friends at book club loved this!
I absolutely love this recipe and so does my family! I started making this many many years ago from a local farmers we get our produce from. He and his wife have been making this since their own kids were small but I’ve never added the worcherscire. It does make a difference!! I also add tiny bites of red peppers. It adds some color and slight sweetness. Not a lot. Just enough! Thank you for bringing it back to us! I had forgotten about it because my kids are now grown up and I haven’t fixed it in quite some time. You brought a smile to my face
This makes me so happy Suzy! Is there anything better than a really great food memory?!?! Thank you so, so much!!
This is delicious. My mom adds 1/2 – 1 cup of chopped pecans and a little lemon juice. I am serving for a ladies happy hour this afternoon.
Hi, I used this recipe for breakfast . Added grated cucumber bit more after removing the juice of cucumber.aded less cheese but more of hung curd. Served like sandwich. It was really very tasty. Great receipes????
Looks like a simple appetizer for parties and really just any time!! A wonderful pre-dinner snack. Thanks for sharing!!! Will definitely make it soon!!
Hope you enjoy it as much as we do Alecia!
Easy & So YUMMY!!! Perfect for a go to last minute Lady’s Light Luncheon! ????????
Yay! Thanks so much Melissa!!
I have everything but the onions. Could dried onion flakes or fresh minced yellow onion be used instead?
It depends. The onion can really overwhelm the other flavors if you’re not careful. The green onion adds just the right amount of flavor and color without making it too onion-y.
We call this Benedictine in Kentucky! Haven’t tried your recipe but know it’s yummy stuff.
I added a tsp of fresh dill— yummy!
Great addition! Thanks so much Julie!
Is there a timeframe of how long it should last refrigerated? Was thinking of making a couple days ahead of a lake trip.
Hi Angie, I would only make it a day ahead if possible. Make sure you salt your cucumbers to draw the water out (in a colander.) Rinse them well and then chop. This will keep your spread from turning water-y as it sits in the fridge. 🙂
This would make FANTASTIC cucumber sandwiches! Pinned. Trying soon.
It totally would!! Thanks Mary!
Really good and refreshing
Yummm….!.always looking for more ways to use cucs in the summertime. Great and will share with a co-worker who loves cucs too