What delicious dishes can you make from cheese?

Such a dairy product, like cheese, goes well with various ready-made dishes, is an excellent snack, appropriate in the cuisines of different nations of the world, and also brings great benefits to the body. There are hundreds of dishes, the preparation of which implies the addition of this product, but many people think that the use of such an ingredient makes the cooking process difficult. However, this is not the case, and even a non-professional chef can create real culinary masterpieces from cheese. What recipes from this product are most popular, how to prepare salads and hot dishes, as well as the secrets of using stale cheese will be described in detail in this article.

The most popular and easiest for beginners in the field of cooking are various salads. They are mainly dishes with a combination of cheese, vegetables and sometimes meat components. The main advantage of salads is that they can be prepared rather quickly, and spoiling such a dish is much more difficult than fried or baked products with cheese.

Another important advantage is that the cheese in the salad is not subjected to heat treatment. Therefore, it retains a maximum of vitamins and healthy substances that are present in it initially. In combination with vegetables, all the elements that are rich in cheese are often absorbed by the body even better.

There are a number of light salads and snacks, which have gained immense popularity among the inhabitants of our country and fans of foreign cuisine. For example, a light and delicate Italian salad called “Parmigiano” will be the perfect meal for dinner.

To prepare it, you need to adhere to the following strategy:

• First you need to fry one eggplant, sliced ​​into thin slices and rolled in breading;
• about 5 cherry tomatoes should be cut into four pieces;
• then spread these pieces of tomato on lettuce leaves;
• take 70 grams of mozzarella and cut this piece into small cubes;
• add this ingredient to the tomatoes and salad along with the cooled eggplant;
• the dressing for the dish is made from the ground pulp of one tomato, to which are added one teaspoonful of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Salt also pours into the sauce to taste;
• when the dressing is added to the main ingredients, you can still pour the balsamic glaze on top of the dish. Also for piquancy, add a little grated Parmesan on top.

An excellent snack option for a festive meal will be tartlets with salad. As the filling option is suitable with crab sticks, as well as melted cheese.

It is done as follows:

• you should first chop a couple of boiled eggs;
• crab sticks or meat in the amount of one hundred grams should also be crushed, making cubes in the form of cubes;
• 70 grams of melted cheese can either be cut in small pieces with a knife, or use a large grater;
• one or a couple of garlic cloves must also be minced and added to the remaining ingredients;
• a bunch of greens will be an excellent addition to the snack, it must be thoroughly washed and finely chopped;
• then salt the dish, take three tablespoons of mayonnaise and season the salad;
• in tartlets shift the dish just before serving. Otherwise, the dough may be too saturated with the contents.

Fans of unusual recipes that combine seemingly incompatible ingredients will love cheese salad mixed with apples and mushrooms.

It is prepared according to the following scheme:

• first, the apple is peeled and crushed in the form of small bars;
• marinated bolettes, taken in the amount of 60 grams, are cut in the same way;
• about 10 grams of green onions should be crushed with a sharp knife;
• then 40 grams of hard varieties of cheese, such as Parmesan, are cut into cubes and added to the remaining ingredients;
• as a dressing, you can use mayonnaise in the amount of one tablespoon.

In addition to light dishes for an aperitif, you can prepare more complex hot dishes from homemade, smoked, hard or soft cheese. In this kind of culinary masterpieces, cheese is usually not the main ingredient, but it gives a special flavor and tenderness to meat, vegetables and other ingredients used.

Among the most delicious and nutritious hot dishes it is worth noting such as pasta with cream sauce.

It is prepared quite simple, but it has a rich delicate flavor:

• Take 150 grams of spaghetti and boil them in a saucepan. It costs about 7 minutes to cook;
• in a skillet in the meantime, fry in butter 150 grams of ham, cut into cubes. Fry should be no more than three minutes;
• then 100 ml of cream is poured into the pan, the fat content of which should be 15%. You can add a little salt, but be careful with this ingredient, since both the cheese and the ham are salted;
• also put one clove of pre-chopped garlic and grated hard cheese in the amount of 50 grams in the pan;
• It takes about three minutes to stir the mixture over the fire until its components thicken;
• then, using a skimmer, transfer the pasta to the pan, together with the sauce, keep them on the fire for several minutes, mixing the ingredients, then turn them off and serve to the table.

Quite a simple recipe for a hot dish with lots of cheese is potato casserole. Its peculiarity is cooking right in the pan, without using the oven.

This dish is made as follows:

• in the first stage, you need to clean and chop 5 potatoes on a large grater;
• then the mixture is made, which will be the basis for the casserole. To do this, add 1 finely chopped onion, a tablespoon of flour, one egg, and coarse salt to the potatoes. All components are thoroughly mixed together;
• Next, you should heat the pan and pour in 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil. After that move the potato mixture to the pan and level it;
• for a quarter of an hour, this mixture must be roasted and then turned over to the other side when the first side has a golden color;
• on the other side, the cake is also fried for a quarter of an hour;
• When ready, sprinkle it with 100 grams of grated cheese.

An excellent hot breakfast will be such a dish as “lazy” khachapuri. The main advantage of this cheese breakfast is the cooking speed, which is so important in the morning.

The recipe consists of the following steps:

• First chop half dill with a knife;
• further, 200 grams of cheese of a firm grade need to be rubbed on a large shredder;
• then these two ingredients are combined in a bowl with a pair of eggs, two tablespoons of flour and sour cream, taken in the amount of two hundred grams;
• Thoroughly mixed ingredients need to be laid out in an even layer on a well heated pan with vegetable oil;
• the first side to fry over low heat. At the same time the lid of the pan should be closed;
• after 5 minutes, flip the cake. As much, it is necessary to fry on the other side, only this time the pan does not need to be covered with a lid;
• all you have to do is serve the dish on the table and cut it into portions.

Even more sophisticated recipes using cheese are made in the oven. You can bake both dough and meat.Many also like to experiment, combining cheese with vegetables when baking.

One of the interesting options are the "boats", which are based on the combination of cheese and pepper:

• First, fry one onion in a skillet. This process takes about 3 minutes;
• further, finely chopped carrots are added to the onions and also fried until soft;
• then reduce the heat and add 200 grams of diced champignons to the pan;
• After about 4 minutes, 150 grams of smoked meat, also cut into square pieces, should be put into the mix. You also need to make ingredients such as salt and pepper;
• then mix everything thoroughly and turn off the heat;
• while the stuffing is still hot, rub the top 100 grams of hard cheese and mix it all over again;
• Cut the peppers in half, save them from the seeds and fill them with filling. Top it is also worth putting a little grated cheese;
• put the vegetables in the preheated to 190 degrees oven for 20-25 minutes;
• to the table such a dish is served hot.

A favorite recipe for the whole family can be a cheese cake with the addition of ham.

It has a pleasant, delicate flavor, and is fairly easy to cook in the oven using the following recipe:

• For the production of the filling, first of all, the ham is crushed, taken in the amount of 0.4 kg. It is cut into thin slices;
• then 300 grams of hard cheese is crushed on a coarse grater;
• the flesh of one large tomato must be cut into cubes;
• further, using a mixer, you need to beat two eggs mixed with a teaspoon of salt. You can reduce the amount of salt if the cheese is salty;
• After this, it is necessary to pour in 0.5 liters of milk, 125 ml of vegetable oil, about 300 grams of flour, and also 100 grams of cheese. Be sure to add 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder;
• using a mixer, make the dough uniform;
• then prepare a cake pan by brushing it with butter and flour;
• Pour dough into the mold so that its layer does not exceed 10 mm in thickness;
• put the ham, and then sprinkle it with cheese for the filling;
• then put the tomatoes, preferably sprinkle them with seasoning oregano;
• the remaining dough must be poured on top;
• bake the dish for 40 minutes in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees.

Sometimes cheese bought in large quantities lays down and is no longer so tasty in its pure form. However, this does not mean that you need to throw away the product. From such remnants of old cheese, you can prepare dishes that will be delicious additions to your table.

One of the interesting options is the creation of striped cheese in milk. If it is cooked briefly in boiling milk and then cooled in it, you can get an interesting product that will be melted from above and fresh inside.

Also, old cheese can be used for soup. Upon contact with boiling water, even hard areas soften and the taste of the dish does not deteriorate with the addition of this ingredient. And the consistency of the soup, on the contrary, becomes more tender.

Some people prefer to crush hard stale cheese into crumbs and add them to flour when making dough. The result is a very tasty cheese pastry.

How to cook potato sticks with cheese, see the next video.