Asiago Black Pepper Drop Biscuits Recipes

ASIAGO CHEESE AND BLACK PEPPER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Toss cheese with flour.
• Add cream and black pepper and stir until well blended.
• Roll to 3/4" thick on lightly floured surface.
• Cut with 2" biscuit cutter (or desired size) using a straight down and up motion. Brush with milk, if desired.
• Place on baking sheet very closely together and bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly browned.

BLACK PEPPER-ASIAGO POPOVERS

Steps:

• Preheat a 12-cup muffin pan in a 425 degrees F oven for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the eggs, milk and melted butter. Whisk in the flour and 1 teaspoon each salt and pepper; let rest 10 minutes.
• Generously brush 8 of the muffin cups with the vegetable oil. Fill the 8 cups with the batter and top with the cheese. Bake 20 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake until the tops are browned and puffed, 14 to 18 minutes.

ASIAGO DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Stir together well.
• Cut butter or margarine into flour mixture. Stir in grated cheese.
• Pour buttermilk over flour mixture and stir until a rough batter is formed.
• Drop batter in 16 mounds on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in a preheated 425 oven for 12 - 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• Variation: Cheddar cheese or smoked mozzarella cheese can be used instead of the Asiago.
• Herbed Asiago Biscuits: to the flour mixture, add 21 T chopped fresh herbs (eg: rosemary, thyme or sage) or 1 tsp spices (eg: pepper or crushed cumin, caraway or fennel seed).

ASIAGO-BLACK PEPPER DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl; stir well with a whisk.
• Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cheese; toss well to combine. Add buttermilk; stir just until moist. (If too dry add another tablespoon buttermilk.) Drop dough into 8 equal mounds on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 450° for 13 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

ASIAGO-PEPPER FRICO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Mix cheese, black pepper, and cayenne in small bowl. Spoon cheese mixture by generous tablespoonfuls in 6 mounds on each prepared baking sheet, spacing 3 inches apart. Using fingers, spread each mound evenly to 2 1/2-inch round.
• Bake frico until deep golden and crisp, about 12 minutes. Remove from oven. Slide parchment with frico onto work surface and cool 5 minutes. Slide thin metal spatula under frico to loosen. Cool frico completely on parchment.
• Frico can be prepared 1 day ahead. Store airtight in single layer at room temperature.