Frugal Gourmets Piping Cheese Recipes

FRUGAL GOURMET'S PIPING CHEESE

Steps:

• Whip all ingredients together, and use to fill various snacks. Normally, this is done with a piping bag and tip, but you can fill many types of cracker and vegetable with a small knife or spoon.

FRUGAL GOURMET'S BEER AND CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute the carrots, celery, and onions in the oil until lightly browned. Bring the soup stock to a boil, add the vegetables, and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Dredge the cheese in the flour, and mix into the soup, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Keep stirring until you serve.
• Add the salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco, and Worcestershire. Finally, add the beer, and stir until all is hot. Garnish with parsley, and serve.
• You may add sliced cooked sausage to this soup; add just before serving.

FRUGAL GOURMET'S BEEF WITH BLEU CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat a large frying pan. Add the olive oil and the steaks to you perfection. (I like mine rare, very rare.) Remove to a warm plate and add the wine and the garlic and onion. Sauté just a minute and deglaze the pan by scrapping the bottom with a wooden spoon. Allow the wine to reduce be half and then add the glace de viande and the rosemary. Simmer for a moment and add the butter mixed with the cheese. Mix with a wire whip until smooth.
• Place a bit of the sauce on each plate and then a piece of the stake on top of the sauce. Add the salt and pepper at the very last, as salt will dry out the meat during the cooking process. Garnish with parsley.

FRUGAL GOURMET'S UKRAINIAN PAGACH

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender; drain.
• Saute onion until tender.
• Place potatoes in large bowl and mash; add onions, salt, pepper, cheese, and milk, blending well.
• Prepare roll mix according to package directions, except divide dough in half.
• Roll out bottom section and place on cookie sheet.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Pile potato mixture on dough, leaving about a 2" margin around the edge.
• Roll out the remaining half and carefully place it on top.
• Pinch together and crimp edges all around.
• Cut 2-3 venting holes in the top.
• Brush the top with a small amount of vegetable oil, and sprinkle lightly with coarse salt.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

FRUGAL GOURMET'S BAKED ONIONS AU GRATIN

Steps:

• In two batches, sauté the onion in the butter in a large frying pan. Cook only until limp. Do not brown or discolor.
• Deglaze the pan, or remove the onion from the pan and pour sherry, scrapping the pan with a wooden spoon to dissolve the brown, toasted onions.
• Mix the onions, the sherry, nutmeg, salt, pepper and heavy cream together and place in a baking dish. Top with the Swiss and then Parmesan or Romano.
• Bake at 350 until top is a bit brown and bubbling, 15 - 20 minutes.