Creamy Cheese Fritters With Thyme Recipes

CREAMY THYME SPREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, thyme, parsley and garlic; mix well. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Serve with crackers.

CHEESE FRITTERS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, beat the cottage cheese and egg together. Stir in the half-and-half, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and nutmeg. Mix until just combined.
• Fill a deep pot to the 2-inch mark with oil. Heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Drop batter by rounded tablespoons into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown on all sides, about 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Serve hot!

CREAMY CHEESE FRITTERS WITH THYME

Steps:

• Using a 3-inch ring cutter, cut one round from the center of each slice of bread. In a bowl, mix grated cheese, flour, nutmeg, minced garlic, lightly beaten eggs, salt, and pepper. Slowly add the wine and chopped thyme. Stir until thick paste forms. Place a dollop of the cheese mixture on each bread round. Using wet hands, mold the mixture into smooth high mounds. Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pan and fry the Malakoff until golden brown. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce and a bottle of rich white wine.

ZUCCHINI FRITTERS WITH THYME AND CHEESE

Steps:

• First make sure the zucchini is grated, mix some salt with the zucchini and let it drain for a while (the zucchini should still feel moist, but should not be dripping). You can give the zucchini a bit of a squeeze when you're ready to add it to the batter to be sure it's not still too moist.
• At this time you may want to put a serving dish for the fritters in the oven to preheat it (set the oven to a low setting). (The fritters can cool quite rapidly and are nicest when warm.).
• Separate the eggs and whisk the three egg whites in a large bowl until they're "loose" and slightly fluffy. Sift in the self-raising flour until it is well combined with eggs.
• Add the milk and stir until the batter is smooth. The batter should be fluid enough to allow pouring, but not runny. You should be able to take a spoonful and let it flow from the spoon.
• Add the cheese and zucchini (squeeze it a bit to make sure it's not too moist) and stir until they are well combined with the batter (the batter should keep more or less the same consistency).
• Finally add the thyme, nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste and combine them well with the batter.
• Now put an anti-stick pan (with a bit of oil if you like, but it's not necessary) over medium heat, put the batter next to the pan, put a tablespoon in the batter, have a (non-metal) spatula/turner nearby, turn off the oven and make sure you have the serving dish ready to take the finished fritters (cover it with aluminium foil to keep them warm, you could probably also leave the dish in the warm oven).
• Take a large spoonful of the batter and deposit it in the pan (it should spread a bit, but not much, it should be about 5 cm in diameter and about 1 cm high). Continue depositing batter in the pan (taking care that you leave enough room around each fritter) until there is no longer sufficient room left to "manouver".
• Once the fritters can easily be moved in the pan (should happen reasonably soon), start turning the fritters occasionally until they are golden brown on both sides (shouldn't take very long, perhaps a minute or two per batch). Then put them in the serving dish (take care to cover with aluminium foil or to leave it in the warm oven) and continue with the next batch until you run out of batter.

CHEDDAR-THYME FLAKY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cream of tartar. Cut in butter using a pastry cutter or a fork until it is the size of peas. Make a well in the center of the mixture and measure the milk, cheese and thyme into the bowl. Gently mix until a soft dough forms.
• Roll or pat out on a floured surface to 3/4 inch thick. Cut into circles and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the bottoms of the biscuits are golden brown.

JALAPENO CHEESE FRITTERS

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, place softened cream cheese, shredded Monterrey, Cheddar, deseeded jalapenos and seasoning, mix well. Using a level tablespoon as measurement, measure cheese fritters. Roll into balls and place on a plate or sheet pan and set aside. Prepare breading station.
• Breading Station: In a 1/2 size foil pan place flour. In another 1/2 size foil pan, crack eggs add water. Whip to create egg wash. In another 1/2 size metal foil pan place bread crumbs. Place an empty 1/2 size foil pan next to the bread crumbs. Place the unbreaded cheese balls next to the flour. Start breading procedure.
• Breading Procedure: Place 20 cheese balls into flour. Toss gently to coat. Shake off excess flour and place cheese balls into egg wash. Cover cheese balls completely with egg wash. Transfer cheese balls to bread crumbs. Toss gently to coat. Shake off excess bread crumbs and return cheese balls to egg wash. Return cheese balls to bread crumbs. Toss gently to coat thoroughly. Place on sheet tray lined with parchment paper.
• Frying Procedure: Heat counter top fryer or frying pan filled with oil to 360 degrees. Fry cheese balls for about 1 1/2 minutes on until golden brown. Place fritters on a plate lined with paper towel to absorb excess grease. Serve immediately with ranch dressing for dipping.

CREAMY CHEESE FRITTERS WITH THYME

Steps:

• Using a 3-inch ring cutter, cut one round from the center of each slice of bread.
• In a bowl, mix grated cheese, flour, nutmeg, minced garlic, lightly beaten eggs, salt, and pepper.
• Slowly add the wine and chopped thyme. Stir until thick paste forms.
• Place a dollop of the cheese mixture on each bread round.
• Using wet hands, mold the mixture into smooth high mounds.
• Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pan and fry the Malakoff until golden brown.
• Serve with your favorite dipping sauce and a bottle of rich white wine.