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Recipes Using Artisan Cheese

Small-batch artisan cheeses cover the wide, wonderful world of cheese-making. The recipes here each take one of two approaches. One kind is a flexible recipe that allows the cook to experiment with different cheeses; the other calls for a specific artisan cheese and highlights its specific flavors and texture. Enjoy!

How to Make Macaroni and Cheese

This Macaroni and Cheese is cheesy, creamy, and divine.

Great Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Try one of these delicious twists on the classic grilled cheese.

Baked Gnocchi With Bacon and Ricotta

This easy, nutritious, one-dish dinner bakes packaged gnocchi, greens, and ricotta until crispy and brown.

Beet and Goat Cheese Salad

This Beet and Goat Cheese Salad can be made with roasted or grilled beets and is easy, fresh, and delicious.

Blue Cheese Dressing

This homemade blue cheese dressing is easy and fast to make, plus you can use your favorite blue cheese--from mild and creamy to pungent and crumbly.

Blueberry Blue Cheese Spinach Salad

The sweet tang of blueberries is a lovely foil to the sharp tang of blue cheese.

Caprese Salad

Caprese salad is a delicious tomato mozzarella salad and couldn't be easier to make.

Cheese and Pepper Grits

Cheddar cheese and black pepper turn plain grits into a tasty side dish.

Cheese Puffs (Gougeres)

Cheese Puffs, a.k.a. gougeres, are made from a simple choux paste (flour, butter, water, and egg cooked quickly into paste-like dough) flavored with plenty of cheese.

Classic Potatoes Au Gratin

Classic Potatoes Au Gratin nap sliced potatoes in a rich cheesy sauce, baked to tender, brown, bubbling perfection.

Goat Cheese Salad

Goat Cheese Salad is a classic French bistro dish that is easy to make at home.

Gorgonzola Pasta

Gorgonzola Pasta is done in the time it takes to cook the pasta.

Cider Onion Soup With Cheese Toasts

This Cider Onion Soup is a twist on traditional French Onion Soup using hard apple cider instead of white wine, whole grain bread instead of baguette, and a bloomy-rind cheese instead of gruyere.

Fava Bean & Pecorino Salad

Fava beans and fresh pecorino cheese are a classic Italian preparation.

Feta & Watermelon Salad

Sweet watermelon and salty feta cheese make a pretty, refreshing summer salad.

Feta Cheese Vinaigrette

This quick Feta Cheese Vinaigrette is perfect on hearty salad greens, drizzled over grilled vegetables, or even as a sauce for broiled or grilled chicken.

Green Garlic Ricotta Gnocchi

These simple ricotta gnocchi are flecked with bits of green garlic, giving them a delicately garlicky scent and flavor.

Grown-Up Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Aged Cheddar

This isn't your mother's grilled cheese! Aged cheddar-style cheese,a slice of ham, and a few sliced pickles on pumpernickel bread pack a lot of flavor with little effort.

Lentil Arugula Salad With Feta Cheese

Lentils cooked until just tender and ribbon-sliced arugula are tossed with a simple vinaigrette and topped with a bit of feta cheese in this Lentil Arugula Salad.

Pumpkin Spinach Blue Cheese Tart

Pumpkin, spinach, and blue cheese make a super flavorful savory tart.

Radicchio Hazelnut Blue Cheese Salad

This Radicchio Hazelnut Blue Cheese Salad is crisp and flavorful – easy enough to throw together any night of the week and tasty enough to impress guests.

Roasted Beets and Feta Salad

Roasting intensifies the sweetness of beets, making them the perfect foil for salty feta cheese in this easy, nutritious composed salad recipe.

Strawberry Hazelnut Goat Cheese Salad

Creamy, sweet, nutty, and tart %u2013 this salad has it all.

Strawberry Ricotta Muffins

These sweet treats are sure to become an addiction.

Swiss Chard Ricotta Tortellini

Try making homemade tortellini stuffed with Swiss chard and ricotta cheese.

Turkey Gorgonzola Burgers

Forget tasteless turkey burgers. The blue cheese and black pepper in these burgers give them plenty of flavor - and the cheese helps keep them moist.

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