Ever prepared a cheese-stuffed burger? The most usual method to make one is to put a piece of cheese between two thin hamburger patties and pinch the sides. The bad part about this is that if you didn’t sealed very good the edges of the burger all the melted cheese leaks out when you cook it. You can also scald your tongue if you are not careful on the hot cheese. The blue cheese burgers aren’t as pretty as a stuffed cheese burger but you can get a great dose of blue cheese flavor with each single bite that you take.
Ingredients
1 pound ground sirloin
2 pounds ground chuck
3 extra-large eggs
8 ounces blue cheese, sliced (recommended: Danish Blue)
1/4 cup steak sauce (recommended: Crosse and Blackwell)
8 to 10 hamburger buns
1/2 cup seasoned dry bread crumbs
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
Instructions
Mix carefully the meats, steak sauce, bread crumbs, salt and pepper and the eggs with the tines of a fork, but be careful not to mash them. Form the hambureger patties lightly and then press it into shape.
Prepare a stove-top grill or a charcoal one.
After all these are prepared you will have to cook the blue cheese burgers for 4 minutes on one side and for 3 minutes on the other side. With the cooking done put the hamburgers on a plate and cover it with aluminum foil. Allow the burgers to get colder for five minutes. Meanwhile grill the buns, cut side down for approximately 1 minute until it becomes toasted. Place a hamburger and a slice a blue cheese in each bun and serve hot.
Cook the hamburgers for 4 minutes on 1 side, then turn and cook 3 minutes on the other side for medium-rare. Remove to a plate and cover with aluminum foil. Allow the hamburgers to rest for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, grill the buns, cut side down, for 1 minute, until toasted. Place a hamburger and a slice of blue cheese in each bun, plus arugula and tomato, if desired, and serve hot.
TIP: go with extra lean hamburger meat for the blue cheese burger, given all the cheese, I don’t recommend it, unless you want blue cheese flavored dry burgers
TIP: For extra taste you can add arugula and tomatoes!
Ever considered putting a twist on the food you eat on a almost daily basis? Mashed potatoes are a great example of a food you can serve both at family dinner as well as at a party with friends. But you will really impress the audience if you add something special to a regular food, namely blue cheese. It will bring a creamy feel to the potatoes, especially if you add some butter to the mix. The beauty of this food is that it can be served with any kind of meat, and it will bring an interesting taste to dinner. Choose golden potatoes because they mash better and are more consistent than red ones. You can also add some seasoning to the cream or some chopped scallions. Don’t forget salt and pepper! The secret of this dish is the combination of creamy feel and the salty taste from the blue cheese.
Ingredients
• 2 pounds Yukon golden potatoes, washed and quartered
• Salt
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
• Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Place potatoes in a large stockpot and cover with cold water. Add salt and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to medium and cook until fork tender. Drain well. Add back to the pot that they were cooked in.
Meanwhile, heat butter and cream until hot. Add the crumbled blue cheese and stir together. Add sauce to potatoes and mash until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
It takes about 35 minutes to make these delicious potatoes, 15 minutes for preparation and 20 for cooking. This recipe is easy to make and you can add a garnish or even other dried herbs, such as oregano, rosemary or parsley. You can make the potatoes eight hours ahead and reheat them just before serving.
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TIP: A rich, delicious stove-top side dish with a silky texture. This pairs especially well with the Porcini-Rubbed Turkey with Shiitake-Madeira. Gravy, or grilled steaks.
If you’re looking for delicious salads to serve at a small party or at a barbecue, you must choose the blue cheese potato salad. It’s light and easy to make and surely everybody will delighted by the mixture of ingredients and taste. The bacon gives it a great flavour, while the blue cheese coat everything in an impressive mixture. It takes about 15 minutes to make, but you have to cook it for another 30 minutes in the medium heat oven according to the instructions below.
Ingredients
• 4 slices bacon
• 2 pounds red new potatoes
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
Directions
Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble the cooked bacon and set it aside.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm for about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and chop, but remember to keep the skins on.
In a large bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, green onions, salt and pepper. Add the potatoes, bacon and cheese and toss to coat.
The blue cheese potato salad can be prepared 1 day ahead. Just cover and refrigerate it. Let itstand 30 minutes at room temperature before serving.
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TIP: For an even more delicious treat, you might want to add sour cream, Dijon mustard in order to make a nice, homogenous composition. You may want to toss in the bacon right before serving so that it doesn’t get mushy.
Blue cheese is a goat’s milk or cow’s milk cheese with a bluish-green or blue mold growing in it, made from mold spores. But a lot of modern blue versions are either injected with mold or the mold is mixed in with the curds in order to ensure an even distribution. What is interesting is that a lot of blue type of cheeses still need to be aged in the original caves where they developed their reputations and names, to make them authentic. There are various ways in which you can use blue types of cheese to make a pizza recipe. You might like to make a pizza sauce recipe with melted blue cheese, and then match the toppings to the flavor of the sauce. A blue cheese sauce, even one which does not contain that much blue cheese, is going to have a sharp, salty flavor, so you will need to match the toppings accordingly. If you use a blue cheeses in your pizza sauce, you can use chicken, beef, mushrooms, onions, garlic, pineapple, bell pepper, and similar ingredients for the topping. Avoid anything too salty like anchovies or pepperoni because the sauce will already make the pizza sufficiently salty. The following recipe is a cheese pizza, made with blue cheese, Parmesan and mozzarella cheese.
Ingredients
• 1 pound frozen bread dough, thawed
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced, pulled into rings
• 2 plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
• 3 ounces crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
Divide bread dough in half. Press each portion onto the bottom of a 12-in. pizza pan coated with nonstick cooking spray; build up edges slightly. Prick dough several times with a fork. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
Brush dough with oil. Combine the basil, oregano and garlic powder; sprinkle over dough. Bake at 425 degrees F for 10 minutes. Arrange onion and tomatoes over crust; sprinkle with cheeses. Bake 8-10 minutes longer or until golden brown.
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TIP: This recipe is a good appetizer idea for a lunch or even for a tasty snack at a party.
