Benedictine spread is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Louisville. Cool cucumber and cream cheese paste tinted pale green, served on white bread for the city's signature tea sandwich. Start with where to eat Benedictine spread in Louisville.
Benedictine spread · Louisville
Cool cucumber and cream cheese paste tinted pale green, served on white bread for the city's signature tea sandwich. The Derby weekend snack.
Jennie Carter Benedict opened a Louisville catering kitchen in 1893 and a downtown tea room called Benedict's around 1900, where she developed Benedictine spread to fill cucumber sandwiches. Her original recipe combined cream cheese, cucumber juice, onion juice, salt, cayenne pepper and a slight amount of green food colouring. The spread was published in her 1902 cookbook and became a Louisville home-kitchen staple for over a century. Most pre-made versions still follow Benedict's recipe; modern chefs sometimes drop the food colouring.
Where to eat in Louisville:
- Wagner's Pharmacy
- J. Graham's Cafe
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