Game Day Snacks Featuring Sartori Cheese

Last week, I was asked by #FoodieChats to create some game day snacks using Sartori Cheese.  I was so excited to participate!  A package arrived on Friday with three types of cheese from Sartori Cheese as well as a Green Bay Packers hat.

My boyfriend and I quickly started brainstorming ideas for what we would create.  Of course, we also had to make sure that we included beer with our game day snack foods.  We decided to make three items, featuring the three cheeses that were sent from Sartori Cheese.  We also decided to make sure to include the San Diego Chargers as well as use a cutting board in the shape of the great state of California!

First, we made cheese football crackers using the Chipotle Bellavitano cheese.  

Next up, we made bite sized grilled cheese sandwiches with apple slices, Sartori Montamore cheese and drizzled it with honey.  

Finally, we used chicken apple sausages with marinara sauce topped with Sartori Reserve Tuscan Blend Shaved cheese.

Cheese Football Crackers

Ingredients:

8 ounces Sartori Chipotle Bellavitano

4 tablespoons butter

1 cup flour

5 tablespoons Left Coast Amber Lager Una Mas

1 teaspoons sea salt

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a stand mixer with dough hook.

Once a ball of dough is formed, roll out the dough and cut into desired shape.  In this case, we used a pizza cutter to create the football shapes as well as to score the lines on the crackers.

Bake at 375 degrees for 15-18 minutes.

Chicken Sausage with Marinara

Ingredients:

One container of Sartori Reserve Tuscan Blend Shaved cheese

One package of chicken apple sausages

One small container of marinara sauce

One package of hot dog buns

1 can Oggi's Tomlinson 21 SIPA

Directions:

Boil sausages in beer, finish off on grill.

Top sausages with marinara sauce and cheese.

Grilled Cheese with Apple

Ingredients:

Sartori Montamore cheese 

2 slices sourdough bread

Butter

1 Granny Smith apple

Honey

Directions:

Preheat skillet over medium heat.

Butter both slices of bread with desired amount of butter.

Place bread butter side down in skillet and add slices of cheese and apple.

Butter the second slice of bread and place butter-side up on top of sandwich.

Grill until lightly browned and flip over.

Cut sandwich into small slices.

Drizzle with honey as desired.