what can i make with stilton??

Kim_Possible

I know:eek: but im yet to make a pastry case without getting annoyed with it BEFORE Ive even got the filling in!! All that faff.... making, chilling, blind baking etc etc!!!

Enjoy however you make the pastry!

Callie22

If I have leftover scraggly bits of cheese I like making potted cheese - basically you take your cheese (and it can be anything, or a mixture), blend it up with half the amount of butter (unsalted is best, as cheese can be salty anyway), add some spices (optional, but it's traditional) and some booze (port's nice with stilton) and then squish it into ramekins and seal with melted butter. If you store it in the fridge it lasts for ages and it's really versatile. You can eat it as it is, and it's lovely spread on crackers or good bread, or you can use it to cook with. A lump of potted blue cheese is really nice melted on steak. Or, you can toast some nice bread (walnut bread is lovely), put some thinly sliced pear on and top with the potted blue cheese. If you grill this until the cheese is bubbly then it's really tasty, and it makes a nice snack. You can also serve this on salad leaves for a posh starter (and if you want it to be really posh, you can dribble a bit more port on the pear just before you cook it ).

debbym

kim_possible :
A long time ago, BC (before children!) I used to make both unfilled cases and filled quiches/flans whatever you want to call them and batch freeze them; that way I only had to faff about with the pastry once for several meals.
These days my freezer is more likely to be filled with HM chicken nuggets and oven chips:o

Callie22:you are making my mouth water - no-one else in the house likes pears so I would have to have it all to myself. Wouldn't that be a shame!

Kim_Possible

Oh heres one for you its includes stilton and puff pastry:D
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8902/stilton-and-potato-pies

HTH

angeltreats

Braised leeks and bacon with stilton sauce is nice.

Make a basic white sauce and melt in the stilton.

Cut up a couple of leeks into lengths about as long as your finger. Wrap a rasher of bacon round each bit. Stick them into an oven proof dish, cover with the white sauce, cover the dish with foil (or a lid if you have one), put in the oven at about 180º till the leeks are really tender.

When the leeks are cooked, drain off some of the sauce into a saucepan, add a bit of cream, and whisk in a bit of cornflour mixed with cold water if the sauce has split to bring it back together again.

zippychick

any ideas in this thread?

ill merge this later
Zip