Recipes for delicious cheese snacks
Cheese is one of the most favorite products of many lovers of delicious food all over the world. With cheese you can make a delicious sandwich in a couple of seconds, or cook a fragrant soup, or simply sprinkle it on pasta, making it many times tastier, and the number of snacks that can be prepared with this product is simply innumerable, because it goes well with almost everything.
Cheese is one of the oldest fermented milk products, even the inhabitants of Ancient Rome loved to eat it. Thousands of years pass, but cheese remains just as popular, it is loved and prepared in all corners of the world according to a variety of recipes, technologies, with all sorts of additives.
Until the Middle Ages, cheese and cottage cheese were considered identical products; only in the Middle Ages was the recipe for traditional hard and soft cheeses precisely established, and cottage cheese became a separate product.
You can make a lot of different dishes from cheese, from first courses to all sorts of appetizers. We'll talk about them.
WHAT SNACKS CAN BE PREPARED FROM CHEESE
Variations of snacks that can be made with cheese can be different depending on the type of cheese - with soft cheese you can make, for example, rolls, and with hard cheese - canapes on skewers.
In general, you can find a lot of recipes for preparing cheese snacks, but they can all be divided into several types - sandwich snacks served on bread, as well as sandwich masses, canapes, snack dishes (rolls, sushi, vegetables stuffed with cheese, etc.), snacks in tartlets, independent snacks (cheese balls, sticks, etc.). We will tell you about the most interesting options for each type of cheese snacks.
CHEESE SANDWICHES SNACKS AND MASSES
One of the most famous cheese snacks is cheese, grated and mixed with mayonnaise and crushed garlic - many people know this snack, and it is usually spread on bread and tomatoes, and it can also be stuffed, for example, into bell peppers. It turns out very tasty and simple, but many people are familiar with this recipe, so we will give a recipe for another cheese mass.
CHEESE SANDWICH MASS RECIPE
You will need: 90 g radish, 25 g each of butter and processed cheese, 5 g onion.
How to make cheese mass for sandwiches. Grate radishes, grind with butter and processed cheese, add chopped onion, add salt and mix.
An interesting option for any cheese mass: spread it on a sheet of lavash and roll it into a roll, then cut into beautiful portioned pieces.
In principle, the cheese mass can be prepared with different products and served on anything - for example, pineapple circles would be an excellent option (it is better to prepare the mass for them from hard cheese and boiled eggs with garlic and mayonnaise, and you can put shrimp on top).
CHEESE CANAPES
Of course, there are also many recipes for such canapes. Cheeses are combined with vegetables, meat, and fruit - to taste and depending on the desired lightness and caloric content of the snack. Such canapes are served in a variety of ways: on cookie circles, fastened with skewers, etc.
RECIPE FOR CHEESE CANAPES ON SKEVES
You will need: hard cheese (mozzarella, Russian or other to taste), cherry tomatoes, herbs, white bread croutons.
How to make cheese canapes on skewers. Cut the cheese into cubes of the desired size, cut the tomatoes in half or leave them whole. Cut the bread into cubes of the same size as the cheese and brown in a frying pan with butter, adding spices to taste, separate the greens into separate leaves. Thread a tomato, a piece of cheese and bread onto each skewer, layering them with green leaves (it is better to use basil or parsley).
You can prepare such a canapé very quickly, it is simple and does not require special culinary skills. You can add to it bell pepper cut into squares, cucumber, which is thinly sliced and strung "accordion-style", etc. Show your imagination - in the case of canapés, this is highly encouraged, because both the taste and appearance of the snack will depend on it.
CHEESE APPETIZERS-DISCS
There are also many recipes for cheese snacks - these are primarily sushi and rolls, as well as baked stuffed peppers, eggplants, zucchini, potatoes, various salads with cheese, etc. Salads with cheese are a whole other story, there are so many of them that you simply can't try them all. For example, a very simple and tasty option, especially suitable for light summer meals - cottage cheese with cheese.
RECIPE FOR MAKING COTTAGE CHEESE WITH CHEESE AND RADISH
You will need: 100 g low-fat cottage cheese, 50 g cheese, 10 radishes, 3 tbsp sour cream, 2 tbsp chopped dill, 1 pinch of caraway seeds.
How to make a cheese and curd salad. Rub the cheese and curd, add chopped greens, finely chopped radish, caraway seeds, mix. Serve with sour cream.
This salad can be eaten as a separate dish, or served on pieces of bread, vegetables, crackers, etc. You can prepare various cheese dishes and snacks without following recipes at all: just combine your favorite products with it and season with a suitable dressing - nothing could be easier!
CHEESE TARTLETS
Like canapés, cheese tartlets and cheese tartlets are perfect for a picnic or a buffet. This type of serving appetizers is becoming increasingly fashionable – it is very convenient, and looks very beautiful and appetizing.
Tartlets can be made directly from cheese or you can use ready-made ones. For cheese tartlets, you need to melt the cheese, wait until it cools down, put it in a tartlet mold and dry it in the oven. But there is another, even simpler option.
RECIPE FOR CHEESE TARTALETS WITH MUSHROOMS
You will need: 8 slices of hard cheese, 6 champignons, 2 potatoes, 1 onion, 3 tsp sour cream, 1 tsp dried garlic.
How to make cheese tartlets with mushrooms. Boil the potatoes until done and mash into a puree. Place the cheese pieces in tartlet or muffin tins so that they cover the bottom and sides – break the cheese so that there is a minimum of empty space between the slices. Mix the potatoes and fried mushrooms with onions, put the filling on the cheese pieces in the tins, put another piece of cheese on top. Bake the appetizer in a preheated oven for 10-15 minutes until the cheese is completely melted and let cool completely at room temperature. Remove the resulting cheese tartlets from the tins and garnish with herbs before serving.
The preparation of such a spectacular snack is very simple, and you can use any filling to your taste, the main thing is cheese on the bottom and on top.
Always let the tartlets cool completely, warm cheese will not hold its shape well and when removed from the moulds the appearance of the snack will be spoiled.
SELF-MADE CHEESE SNACKS
This type of cheese snacks is also very common and loved. They can be both cold and hot: an example of the first option is cheese balls rolled from grated cheese with additives, the second is fried breaded cheese.
CHEESE BALLS RECIPE
You will need: 200 g crab sticks, 150 g hard cheese, 3-4 cloves of garlic, 2-3 boiled eggs, 1 pack of aromatic croutons or homemade small croutons, mayonnaise, salt.
How to make cheese balls. Grate eggs and crab sticks on a coarse grater, cheese on a fine grater. Mix the grated eggs and sticks, adding cheese passed through a press, mayonnaise, mix - the mixture should be homogeneous. Put the mixture on the palm of your hand with a spoon, flatten into a flat cake, put one crouton inside and form a ball, bread the balls in cheese. Before serving, cool the balls for 30-60 minutes in the refrigerator.
These balls will decorate a festive table and turn an everyday meal into a real celebration. This is a peculiar variation of a salad with crab sticks, only without corn - you can correct this "omission" by putting corn inside the balls instead of croutons.
Another well-known cheese snack is breaded fried cheese: the outside of the cheese balls and sticks looks like croutons, but inside, when bitten, it is still warm. melted cheese- this is a real treat!
FRIED CHEESE RECIPE
You will need: 250 g hard cheese, 200 g wheat flour, 100 g butter, 0.5 l milk, 3 raw yolks and 2 whole raw eggs, breadcrumbs, vegetable oil.
How to make fried cheese. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, pour in flour while stirring, cook until thickened, remove from heat, pour milk into slightly cooled mixture so that it does not curdle, mix with a mixer until smooth, bring to thickening over medium heat, stirring, remove from heat, beat in 3 raw yolks, mix. Grate cheese on a coarse grater, pour into a saucepan, mix. Take a baking dish, put the prepared dough in a layer about 1-1.5 cm thick, smooth it out and put everything in the cold for an hour or more. Cut the dough into strips or squares. For breading, pour breadcrumbs, flour, 2 beaten eggs into separate bowls, you can also use corn or potato chips for this, crushing them. Roll the bars first in flour, then dip them in egg, then in breadcrumbs or flakes, immediately fry in hot oil until browned, place on a paper towel to absorb excess fat.
Cheese appetizers are a great way to pleasantly surprise your family, both children and adults love them. Prepare them just like that or for a holiday - in any case, there will be no end to those wanting to taste the deliciousness!
