Cheese Cubes Recipes

TOASTED CHEESE CUBES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cheese and butter until smooth. Spread onto bread cubes and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Broil 3-4 in. from the heat for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

CHEESE CAKE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line muffin pans with cupcake papers.
• Place one wafer cookie in the bottom of each cupcake paper. In a medium bowl, cream together cream cheese and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth. Pour over wafers in cupcake papers.
• Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes, until golden and set.

BREADED CHEDDAR CUBES

Steps:

• In an electric skillet or deep fryer, heat oil to 350°. Meanwhile, whisk eggs in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, mix bread crumbs, sesame seeds and salt. Dip cheese in eggs, then roll in crumb mixture to coat all sides, patting to help coating adhere., Fry cheese, a few at a time, 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until golden brown, turning occasionally. Drain on paper towels.

MARINATED CHEESE CUBES

Steps:

• Place cheese cubes in a pint jar.
• Mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl or measuring cup and pour over cheese.
• Screw lid on jar securely and shake well to coat the cheese. Let marinade 12-24 hours at least shaking and rotating jar occasionally.
• Remove cheese from marinade and serve with toothpicks.

HAM AND CHEESE HASH BROWN CUBES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• On a cutting board, place one slice of cheddar cheese, place the slice of ham on top of the cheddar. If the ham is not square, trim it to the same size as the slice of cheese. Scramble your leftover ham trimmings with onion, peppers, and eggs. Cut the ham and cheese into 4 equal squares. Repeat with the rest of the ham and cheese.
• Stack the ham and cheese until you have 10 layers of ham and 10 layers of cheese.
• On a cutting board, peel the potatoes. Shred the potatoes into a large bowl lines with a thin towel.
• Once all of your potatoes are shredded, wrap the towel tightly and twist to squeeze out all of the water from the potatoes. Discard the potato water.
• Place the shredded potatoes into a clean bowl, add 1 teaspoon of salt, pepper, flour, and egg. Mix thoroughly.
• Wrap the potato mixture around the ham and cheese cube. Flatten each side to create a cube. Repeat with the rest of the cubes.
• On a parchment paper-lined baking sheet place the hash brown cubes. Freeze for 2-3 hours or until solid.
• Heat 4 inches (10 cm) of oil in a large pot until the temperature reaches 350˚F (180˚C).
• Fry each cube for 4 minutes until golden brown. Place on a cooling rack or drain on paper towel. Let cool for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with the rest of the salt.
• Serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

DILLY CHEESE CUBES

Steps:

• Remove crusts from bread.
• Reserve crust for another purpose.
• Cut bread into 1 inch cubes, set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, stir butter and cheese over low heat until melted.
• Stir in dill weed, worcestershire and onion.
• Beat in eggs.
• Remove from heat.
• Using a fork, dip each bread cube into hot cheese mixture, turning to coat all sides.
• Shake off excess sauce.
• Arrange coated cubes on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Refrigerate 1-2 days or freeze immediately.
• To serve, preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake refrigerated cubes 10 minutes, frozen cubes 15 minutes.
• Serve hot.

HOMEMADE CHEESE CURDS

Steps:

• Pour milk into a sterilized pot. Place pot into a larger pot filled with a few inches of water. Heat milk, stirring occasionally, to 90 degrees F (32 degrees C). Remove from heat.
• Dissolve calcium chloride in 1/4 cup water; stir into the milk. Sprinkle mesophilic culture over the surface of the milk. Let sit for 1 minute, then stir gently for 1 minute. Cover and let culture ripen for 35 minutes.
• Dilute rennet with 1/4 cup water. Stir rennet into the milk mixture for exactly 1 minute. Cover again and let sit until a knife can cut cleanly through the curd, about 45 minutes. Cut curd into 1/2- to 1-inch cubes directly in the pot. Let sit for 5 minutes.
• Cover curds and heat, stirring every 10 minutes, to 98 degrees F (37 degrees C), about 90 minutes. Squeeze curds together to check if they stick. Drain curds and transfer to a cheesecloth-lined strainer set inside a pot.
• Pour enough whey over the curds to reach about 3 inches at the bottom of the pot. Let drain for about 1 minute. Cover with cheesecloth and the pot lid. Heat the whey below to keep curds between 112 and 115 degrees F (44 and 46 degrees C); let drain for 10 minutes. Curds will stick together to form a slab. Cut slab in half, re-cover, and let drain for 10 minutes.
• Flip curds over and re-wrap. Drain for 10 minutes more, keeping the temperature still between 112 and 115 degrees F (44 and 46 degrees C). Cut the slab into smaller slabs and stack them inside the cloth. Return to the pot and cover. Continue draining, flipping and rearranging the slabs every 15 minutes at the same steady temperature, about 1 hour total.
• Unwrap the slabs and let them rest for a few minutes on a paper towel-lined plate. Cut into cubes and place curds in a zip-top bag. Add 1/2 of the salt; shake to coat. Add remaining salt and repeat.