Cheese Recipes from Creamy to Golden and Crisp

25 min Italian

Gnocchi salad with tomatoes and mozzarella

Gnocchi salad with tomatoes and mozzarella is better when the gnocchi are fried briefly. This way they get bite and do not water down the salad.

55 min Summer

Stuffed zucchini with couscous

Hollowed zucchini are stuffed with swollen couscous, chickpeas, tomatoes, feta, lemon and parsley and cooked in the oven. Fry the hollowed out zucchini meat and do not stir the couscous filling too moist to keep the shells stable.

28 min Summer

Tomato burrata bread salad

Mix the toasted ciabatta cubes with ripe tomatoes, red onion, basil and balsamic vinegar and serve with burrata. Let the bread and tomato dressing sit for a short time; open the burrata on the plate first to ensure that the bread still has crispy edges.

40 min Summer

Pepper-feta pasta from the oven

Roast peppers, cherry tomatoes, feta, garlic and olive oil in a casserole dish and then mix with the pasta and basil. Boil the pasta just a little and reserve a little cooking water to make a creamy sauce out of feta and roasted vegetables.

20 min Summer

Courgette Carpaccio with Lemon

Chop zucchini very thinly and marinate them with lemon, olive oil, capers, Parmesan, pine nuts and mint. Marinate zucchini slices only briefly and salt them on the plate so that they are pliable but not watery.

23 min Summer

Grilled peaches with burrata

Halved peaches are grilled briefly on the cut surface and served warm with burrata, rocket, pistachio, basil and lemon-honey dressing. Use ripe but firm peaches and add burrata only on the plate so that fruit and cheese retain their texture.

55 min Spring

Baby carrot tart with herbs

Puff pastry is spread with cream cheese and egg cream, topped with young carrots shortly before cooking and baked with mustard, honey and herbs until golden brown. Steam the carrots before topping and leave a rim of the pastry free so that the tarte rises crispy.

1 hr Spring

Spinach and feta strudel

Let the spinach fall together with the onion and garlic, squeeze it out and roll it in a strudel or filo dough with feta, ricotta and egg. Dry and cool the spinach filling, spread the dough layers thinly with butter and seam down.

50 min Spring

Radish quark with baked potatoes

Cook young potatoes in the oven with olive oil until golden brown and serve with a cool curd of radishes, yoghurt, chives, spring onions and lemon. Roast the potatoes with the cut surface down and stir in the salted radish curd just before eating so that it does not become watery.

45 min Spring

Wild garlic risotto with peas

Onion and risotto rice are sweated through and cooked little by little with hot vegetable broth; peas, finely chopped wild garlic, butter and Parmesan cheese complete the rice. Stir in wild garlic only after cooking and let the risotto rest briefly away from the heat to preserve colour, fragrance and creamy bite.

28 min Spring

Asparagus and strawberry salad with goat cheese

Green asparagus is fried briefly and served with strawberries, rocket, goat cheese, walnuts and lemon-honey dressing. Let the asparagus cool and add the strawberries and dressing just before eating to keep the salad fresh.

1 hr 15 min German

Potato gratin with mountain cheese

Rub the pan with garlic and butter. Layer potatoes in a tiled dish and season.

1 hr 20 min German

Crustless German cheesecake

Mix quark, sugar, eggs, butter, custard powder, salt and lemon until smooth. Put the mixture in a greased springform pan.

35 min German

Spaetzle and mushroom skillet

Fry mushrooms in a wide pan. Add onion and butter and fry until translucent.

30 min Summer

Lemon Orzo with Spinach and Feta

Orzo is cooked with onion in vegetable stock and then finished with spinach, feta, lemon and herbs until creamy. Stir frequently and dose the liquid as needed, because Orzo gives off starch; spinach and feta are only added at the end.

50 min Winter

Ham and pasta bake

Tight-boiled pasta is mixed with ham, onion and egg-cream and baked under Gouda. Cook the pasta for two minutes less and let the casserole rest, so that it does not soften in the oven and the pour binds.

45 min Winter

Beetroot risotto

Cook the beetroot and risotto rice until creamy with onion and hot stock, before parmesan, balsamic vinegar and thyme round off the rice. Add the stock in portions and chop the beetroot finely or puree it in part to ensure a balanced colour and bite.

35 min Winter

Cheese spaetzle with crispy onions

Heat the spaetzle with butter and cream, layer it in portions with mountain cheese and serve with slow-browned roasted onions. Melt the cheese over a low heat and brown the onions separately to keep the spaetzle creamy and the topping crispy.

55 min Winter

Chicken Casserole with Broccoli

Chicken pieces are fried, put into the tin with blanched broccoli and cream sauce and cooked under Gouda. Blanch broccoli only briefly and do not pre-fry the chicken completely so that both remain juicy in the oven.

1 hr Winter

Baked potatoes with herb quark

Large potatoes are baked in the oven until soft and crispy and served with a cool curd of yoghurt, herbs, garlic and lemon. Prick potatoes several times and bake directly on the grill; let the herb curd steep in the meantime.

20 min New Year's Eve

Salmon bites with cream cheese

Pumpernickel is spread with horseradish cream cheese and topped with cucumber, smoked salmon, dill and lemon. Pat cucumber dry and top the appetizers just before serving so that the bread remains firm.

20 min New Year's Eve

Cheese platter with grapes and nuts

Arrange the cheese in a large platter with grapes, nuts, crackers, olives, fig mustard and baguette. Tempering the cheese about thirty minutes before eating, but only just before serving.

38 min New Year's Eve

Stuffed mushrooms with cream cheese

Mushroom heads are filled with a mixture of cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, garlic, parsley and crumbs and baked in the oven. Clean the mushrooms only dry and do not press the filling too tightly to brown and not to water the mushrooms.

27 min New Year's Eve

Nachos with cheese and salsa

Tortilla chips are briefly fried with beans, corn, jalapeños and cheddar and served with salsa, sour cream and coriander. A flat layer and separately served moist dips keep the nachos crispy for longer.

40 min New Year's Eve

Lentil salad with feta and pomegranate

Cooked lentils are marinated lukewarm with lemon-honey dressing and later mixed with cucumber, feta, parsley and pomegranate. Cook lentils only al dente and drain well; fold in feta and pomegranate only after cooling.