Holiday: New Year (7)
This is possibly the best Jalapeño Popper that you will ever eat. Think Jalapeño Poppers on steroids. The cheese filling is a flavorful blend of equal parts of Gorgonzola Cheese (a pungently flavorful Italian Blue Cheese) and Neufchatel Cheese (Cream Cheese with lower milkfat). Each Armadillo Egg is wrapped in bacon. 'Nough said...
Cheese Fondue is a fun dish to serve for special occasions or when entertaining company. Cheese Fondue, however, can be temperamental: one wrong move and the cheese can "seize". Instead of delicious Fondue, you can end up with a pile of useless semi-melted cheese in a pot full of milky apple cider. Some folks may make the claim that Cheese will never Fondue properly without adding alcohol to the mix. This recipe proves otherwise. This recipe can serve as a starting point for a large number of Cheese Fondue variations, including sweet and savory herbs and spices.
The Holidays just aren't the same without a glass of Egg Nog. It is surprisingly easy to make at home, with ingredients that you probably already have. From-scratch G'Nog tastes better than the stuff you buy in the store, and it doesn't have all the high-fructose corn syrup and added thickening agents. Eating raw, unpasteurized eggs can pose a potential health risk of salmonella contamination, but you can easily pasteurize eggs using your Sous Vide.
This is an easy side dish to add some green to your meal. The Lime and Pecorino Cheese will kick your Brussels Sprouts to the next level.
Whether it is spelled "quark", "quarg", or "kvarg", the German word for "curd" is a common soft cheese in Slavik, German, and other Northern European countries.
Quark is a creamy, soft cheese, with an extremely mild flavor. It can be made from any milk, from whole to skim, although a whole milk will provide a slightly larger yield. Quark works well as a rich and creamy butter replacement, as a base for cheesecake, or for a variety of other savory uses. This recipe uses the "Yogurt" setting on an "Instant Pot" to incubate the culture into Quark Cheese. The yield for this recipe (using 2% Milkfat) is about 4 ounces (1/4 Cup) of Quark.
Potato Cakes are a great side dish, appetizer, or even a tasty snack to use leftover Mashed Potatoes. Potato Cakes can be pan-fried or oven-baked.
Baked Potato Skins make a great appetizer or snack. While 5 pounds might at first seem like a lot of potatoes, it will never seem like you made enough. Additionally, these can be prepared before-hand and then refrigerated in an air-tight container for up to 7 days. Simply reheat for 10 minutes at 375° to serve warm or serve at room temperature.
