Mr. S and I like to try new cheeses, and we snapped up some of this stuff when we saw it at the new grocery store in town. We didn’t really like it as an eating cheese, though, and I’d like to try cooking with it, and maybe even make something with it for a late supper tonight. I’m surfing for recipes right now, but I’d also like to hear from you if you’re familiar with this cheese. How do YOU use it?
All recipes welcome, but especially those that I might be able to make tonight. I’m comfortable with basic cooking skills and don’t need exact instructions if you don’t have them – ideas are great. Here’s what I have on hand (I’m too lazy to go to the store tonight):
1/2 lb. Golden Cheshire cheese
pastas, rice, potatoes
canned tomatoes, beans, & black olives
frozen spinach, corn, & peas
walnuts, pecans
chicken broth
eggs
1 lb. frozen cooked, diced chicken breast
the usual kitchen staples (flours, condiments, herbs/spices)
about 6 slices of wheat bread
I wouldn’t have chosen Cheshire for cooking, to be honest. It’s one of those half-crumbly cheeses that doesn’t know what it wants to do… but it won’t go wrong as a pasta sauce, if you make a basic flour-and-butter base and add the milk and grated cheese.
Alternatively, stuff the chicken breast with the cheese (ie slice through them verrry carefully), and grill them, and serve with a fancy pasta/spinach/egg combination (ie cook pasta, drain, whip in the egg white only very quickly, add the cooked spinach).
Yum, that chicken thing sounds good – I’ll have to try it when I have some whole chicken breasts. But the pasta sauce I could do, maybe with veggies on the side. Thanks!
Forgot to look in the veggie bin – I also have fresh carrots, broccoli, and celery. Maybe I’ll just end up doing kind of a primavera thing.
So, GM, if you don’t cook with it, how else do you use it?
