Whether you’re hosting a party at your house with your closet friends and family or looking for new creative ways to use cheese in your weekly dinner plans, blue cheese is the answer. It adds big flavor and is one of the most versatile cheeses you’ll find — eat it on a cheeseboard, crumbled, spread or melted.
Add cream and Stilton, and heat over a low heat, stirring often until the Stilton melts and the sauce thickens slightly. This should take about 5 minutes. You can help the Stilton to melt down easier by crushing it with the back of your spoon when stirring.
Whether you’re hosting a party at your house with your closet friends and family or looking for new creative ways to use cheese in your weekly dinner plans, blue cheese is the answer. It adds big flavor and is one of the most versatile cheeses you’ll find — eat it on a cheeseboard, crumbled, spread or melted.
Add the minced garlic and season to taste with salt and pepper. You may also add the minced shallot and chopped fresh parsley if that is your preference.
Blue cheese is prized for its pungent, sharp flavor and is served alone, in salads or on top of hot meat such as steak right off the grill. Cheese made from cow, sheep or goats milk can all be made into blue cheese. The specks of blue color in blue cheese is actually a mold called Penicillum roqueforti, which develops after a specific ripening process. The mold also gives blue cheese its sharp flavor and odor. Blue cheese can be hard and crumbly, or soft and creamy. Blue cheese can be melted to make a sauce or cream or melted on top of meat.
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Stir in the heavy cream and heat the mixture until just before it begins to boil.
Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat and add chopped shallots if you prefer until they are soft.
How do you melt blue cheese?
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How do you melt blue cheese?
Blue cheese can be hard and crumbly, or soft and creamy. Blue cheese can be melted to make a sauce or cream or melted on top of meat. Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat and add chopped shallots if you prefer until they are soft. Stir in the blue cheese crumbles, mashing with a fork into the butter until a paste forms.
How do you make blue cheese crumbles?
Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat and add chopped shallots if you prefer until they are soft. Stir in the blue cheese crumbles, mashing with a fork into the butter until a paste forms. Stir in the heavy cream and heat the mixture until just before it begins to boil.
How to melt blue cheese on steak?
Combine the blue cheese and softened butter in a bowl. Add the minced garlic and season to taste with salt and pepper. You may also add the minced shallot and chopped fresh parsley if that is your preference. Slather the blue cheese butter mixture over hot steaks and serve. Gorgonzola or Cabreles blue cheese are ideal for melting purposes.
How do you make blue cheese ice cream?
Warm cream in a 1 1/4-quart saucepan by bringing it to a gentle simmer over a medium-low flame. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring as the cream thickens. Stir constantly to prevent the cream from burning or curdling. Add half of the blue cheese. Using a fork, mash and stir the cheese into the cream until a few lumps are visible.