Not long ago we wrote an article about cheese curds. To follow up, here is a great deep fried cheese curd recipe. If
you like cheese sticks, you’ll love deep fried cheese curds!
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 pound cheese curds
1 quart oil for frying
Here’s how you make them:
In a medium sized bowl, sift together your flour, baking powder and salt. Then stir in your eggs and milk until you have a smooth mixture. Finally, add more milk for a thinner batter then coat your cheese curds with the batter.
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By Mr. Cheese on Feb 16, 2010 in Dips and Spreads
Try this Cheese Spinach Ball recipe when throwing a party.
1 (9 ounce) box frozen spinach
1 egg, beaten
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
2 cups all-purpose flour
Vegetable oil for deep-frying
3/4 cup Italian style bread crumbs
1 (25.5 ounce) jar vegetable pasta sauce, heated
Remove frozen spinach and place in colander. Rinse with warm water until thawed; drain well. Squeeze spinach dry with paper towel.
In a large bowl, mix egg, both cheeses, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, sour cream, oil and ricotta cheese until well blended. Add spinach to cheese mixture and mix well. Stir in flour, 1 cup at a time, until well blended.
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By Mr. Cheese on Feb 12, 2010 in Featured, Macaroni and Cheese
This is the best of both worlds! Macaroni and cheese and cheeseburger! Mix the two together and you have a tasty Cheeseburger Mac-N-Cheese
recipe!
Here’s what you’ll need:
1/2 lb. Velveeta Cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 pound ground beef
2-3/4 cups water
1/3 cup ketchup
1 tsp. onion powder
2 cups macaroni noodles
To start:
Cook your hamburger in a large skillet and drain off the grease. Next add your water, ketchup and onion powder, stirring in well. Bring this to a boil and stir in your macaroni noodles and cover. Let this simmer on medium for 10 minutes or until your macaroni is done. Read the rest
By Mr. Cheese on Feb 3, 2010 in Featured, Know Your Cheese
What is a cheese curd? Recently I went on a tour of the Tillamook cheese factory in Tillamook, OR. Part of the tour
included an area where you could eat samples of their cheese. Included in the various samples were fresh cheese curds. Before this I had never eaten a cheese curd. What seems to look like a rubbery yellow ball turned out to be a tasty bite of cheese, which squeaked as I chewed.
So what is a cheese curd? Cheese curds are basically small chunks of cheese solids which have been separated from the natural whey present in milk. Their flavor is mild with about the same firmness as cheese but has a rubbery texture. Fresh curds squeak against the teeth due to air being trapped inside its porous body. Cheese curds are sometimes referred to as “Squeaky cheese”.
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