Roquefort Cheese Ball Recipes

Steps:

• Put butter, cream cheese, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and pepper into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until combined. Divide equally among 3 medium bowls.
• Stir cheddar cheese and chutney with base mixture in the first bowl. Form into a ball. Roll cheese ball in cranberries to coat before serving. Serve with crackers.
• Stir blue cheese and shallot with base mixture in second bowl; add brandy, if desired. Form into a ball. Roll in walnuts to coat before serving. Serve with chips.
• Stir goat cheese and scallions with base mixture in remaining bowl. Form into a ball. Roll in parsley to coat before serving. Serve with cucumber slices.

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
• Add the cream cheese, Roquefort and heavy cream to a medium bowl. Using an electric hand mixer, mix to combine. Put the pecans in a shallow baking dish.
• Drop the grapes about 3 at a time into the cheese mixture and cover the grapes completely with it. Roll in the chopped pecans and place on the prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• Crush the cheese in a bowl with 4 tablespoons of the butter and work it into a smooth paste. Beat in the chives, celery, seasonings and Cognac. If mixture is very stiff, beat in more butter by fractions. Check seasoning carefully, adding salt if necessary (probably not). Using two teaspoons, shape into quenelles or roll into balls around 1/2 inch in diameter.
• Toss breadcrumbs and parsley in a wide shallow bowl. Roll the cheese balls in the mixture so they are well covered. Chill. Serve as is or pierced with a toothpick.

Steps:

• In a small mixer bowl at low speed, beat cheeses for 2 minutes. Add green onion, optional wine or vermouth and mustard. Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes or until fluffy. Cover and chill for 2 hours.With wet hands shape into a 3-inch ball and roll in nuts. Place on a cheese board or serving plate garnish with parsley. Serve with crackers.

Steps:

• 1. In a small mixer bowl at low speed, beat cheeses for 2 minutes. Add green onion, optional wine or vermouth and mustard. Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes or until fluffy. Cover and chill for 2 hours.2. With wet hands shape into a 3-inch ball and roll in nuts. Place on a cheese board or serving plate garnish with parsley.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Put honey in a small saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until lightly golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add vinegar and cook until reduced and thickened, about 15 minutes. This sweet deglazed sauce is called a gastrique. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
• Mix together the butter and blue cheese in a small bowl until well blended, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Using your fingers, gently loosen the skin from the chicken breasts and stuff about 1 heaping tablespoon of the blue cheese butter under the skin of each breast, smoothing the skin to evenly distribute the butter over the surface of the breast meat. Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in large ovenproof sauté pan over medium heat until it begins to shimmer. Put chicken in the pan, skin-side down, and cook until fat renders and skin is golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes. Turn chicken and add four rosemary sprigs to pan. Place in oven and roast until breasts are just cooked through, about 5 minutes longer. Remove pan from oven and heat broiler. Spread the remaining butter over the tops of each breast and place under the broiler until golden brown and blistered.
• Remove each breast to a plate, spoon some of the pan drippings over each breast and immediately drizzle with some of the gastrique. Garnish with rosemary.