Smoking Sharp Dried Cranberry Cheddar Appetizer Truffles
A wonderful single serve cheese ball recipe packaged as a “candy truffle” format. A crunchy sweetened outside,with a creamy savory center means they’ll come back for more!
Category: Dairy
Lemon Thyme Tarts
Creamy and lemon sharp, these tarts have a hint of thyme and almond, perfect for an early spring dessert.
Strawberry Farmer’s Cheese Dumplings
Fruit dumplings are popular throughout Central Europe, but this recipe is different than others in that it is made with farmer’s cheese. Strawberry dumplings are our family’s favorite, but this recipe can be used with Italian prune plums or small apricots. Though many would see this as a dessert, and it could be, these are more traditionally eaten at lunch. The best farmer’s cheese for this recipe is one that resembles feta, though if only a “pot style” farmer’s cheese is available, a little more flour could be added to make it work. For lunch, it serves two. For dessert, it could serve four.
Celeriac and Celery Soup
When I married my Czech hubby, I was introduced to some new foods. One of which was celery root (aka celeriac). This is a rather ugly looking root vegetable, but the flavor is delightful! I came up with this fairly light soup that includes both celery root and celery stalks. The root helps thicken the soup so that I need only use milk to give it creaminess. For me, it’s the ultimate in comfort food, and yet it can be a rather elegant start to many nice meals.
Cauliflower & Goat Cheese Soup
I took a vintage recipe from an old church cookbook and updated it to become a modern recipe.
Maple Bacon Cheesecake
A creamy delicious cheesecake sweetened with maple syrup that has pieces of bacon in the crust and filling.
Mushroom honey crostini bites
This is a recipe I created. It’s great as an appetizer to wow your guests, just as a snack or a side to dinner. Pan roasted mushrooms meet lovely burrata cheese and amber honey. You cannot lose.
CATABRIAN CHEESECAKES (Quesada Pasiega)
Quesada Pasiega is a crustless lemon -flavored cheesecake from the Cantabria region of Spain that is perfect as a light dessert or an afternoon snack. It is made with fresh farmer’s cheese, such as requesón or Burgos, but ricotta and cottage cheese are a good substitute. To serve, top with grated sugar-free dark chocolate or, if you prefer, fresh berries. For a more distinctive, traditional taste, sprinkle with cinnamon.
Potato Gnocchi Beer Cheese Soup
Creamy comfort on a cold winters night.