I have some whole milk ricotta in the fridge and am looking for some good ways to use it, either sweet or savory (except lasagna). Any favorite uses / recipes?...
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Hi everyone! I'm trying to perfect a homemade version of the queso dip they serve at most Tex-Mex restaurants. Yes, I know the quick version: open a can of Ro-Tel tomatoes and stir into melted velveeta. Yuck. I would like...
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i mistakenly bought soft blue cheese at the supermarket the other day when i wanted the crumbly, stilton-esque kind for salads. any ideas on what i can do with the soft kind? it's like a brie with a few blue...
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Welcome to the Weekend Cook and Tell. Every Wednesday we thumb through the food sections of various national newspapers to create a weekend cooking project. We hope you'll cook along with us and share your experiences, recipes, and photos here....
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I have seen lots of references to making one's own ricotta on this site and would love to try it sometime. Anyone here willing to share their go-to recipe/technique??...
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So basically, i've decided i want to start making cheese at home...i know it's a pretty time consuming effort, and definitely one of those things where you can probably buy better products than you can make, but still, it's something...
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I've made a few grana style cheeses, two with one gallon of milk, the latest was made with four gallons and weighs about 1kg and is in it's brine. A couple questions: • how do you determine how long the...
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I think the title of the post says it all. By quesillo (aka queso oaxaca or oaxacan cheese), I mean the crazy delicious string cheese (not flan) native to Oaxaca, Mexico. I've seen it or read of it being available...
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Hello all, I buy feta in a large (1kg) container from Costco and it's excellent feta, but the problem is that it goes bad extremely quickly! The brine goes all yellow and nasty, and smells bad. If you slice away...
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Hey all- whilst plotting the next meal, I thought about a Thai-inspired pizza. I was thinking about using some ground turkey and doing a sort of Spicy Thai-Basil on wheat crust. I generally use Chihuahua cheese on all of my...
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