Love your cheese? We round up our favourite cheese recipes...
If you’re a massive cheese fiend, you’ve come to the right place. Because we've chosen five of the tastiest cheese recipes to try out.
Whether your motto, like mine, is the stinkier the better, or you prefer something milder, there’s bound to be something to suit every taste.
1. Phil Thompson’s pear and roquefort mousse
Personally, I just love roquefort. It has beautiful bluey green flecks of mould, a crumbly texture and a salty, tangy flavour. What's more, it goes perfectly with pear.
Michelin-starred Phil Thompson’s recipe for pear mousse matches poached pears with a white chocolate and Roquefort cream. The fantastic sweet and savoury flavours are bound to tantalise your taste buds and leave your friends utterly impressed!
Read Phil Thompson’s recipe for pear and roquefort mousse.
2. Lotte Duncan’s potted stilton
Sticking with the strong stuff, you can’t beat a good chunk of stilton. Yes it might stink the fridge out, but its gorgeous taste is well worth it!
So why not use it to make Lotte Duncan’s potted stilton? This delightful recipe is so easy to make and takes no time at all. Packed with fruity apple and zingy lemon flavours, it’s ideal for spreading on crackers or crusty bread.
Read Lotte Duncan’s recipe for potted stilton.
3. Ed Baines’ cheese and raspberry slice
Calling all goat’s cheese lovers! This recipe from Ed Baines is bound to tickle your fancy. It combines rich goat’s cheese with zingy raspberries to create a superb summer lunch.
It really is packed full of flavour as it also comes with a syrup of red chillis, sugar, lemon and oil, and is served with salad leaves and a blackberry and walnut vinaigrette. Who could possibly resist?
Read Ed Baines’ cheese and raspberry slice recipe.
4. James Martin’s salmon and cheddar tart
If you prefer a milder cheese, a decent cheddar should be right up your street. And James Martin’s salmon tart is a great way to put it to good use.
The recipe combines tinned red salmon, garlic and herbs with milk, cream, eggs and plenty of scrumptious Cheddar for an easy and tasty family supper.
Read James Martin’s recipe for salmon tart.
5. Sophie Wright’s French camembert salad
This recipe from Sophie Wright is fantastic as a starter or a light lunch. It uses delicious French goat’s cheese camembert which is a perfect match for the subtle artichoke flavour and the nutty, earthiness of the beetroot.
It’s a wonderfully gooey, colourful dish and is bound to result in friends and family coming back for seconds!
Read Sophie Wright’s camembert salad recipe.