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I just got done making a cheddar cheeselog for T-Day, so figured I'd ask what little somethings or somethings others out there might make they think is special, and how to make it in case we want to give it a try. Here's how I just made the cheese log (cheeses were on sale so...):
probably 2 cups of grated sharp cheddar cheese
3 oz's bacon
4 oz cream cheese
3 T butter
3 cloves of garlic
2-3 ts Worcestershire sauce
a bit of sesame seeds
a bit of poppy seeds.
I took the bacon and fried it crisp then tossed it into a food processor until chopped semi fine, added the butter and pulse mixed it well. added the cheddar cheese, the worcestershire sauce, and pulsed until it started to form into a ball, added the cream cheese and processed until fairly smooth and semi pasty. sliced the garlic cloves thin cross wise and put them into the grease from the bacon and cooked on med until golden brown, removed from the pan to a dish. removed grease to save, and cleaned the pan out and dried it, put back on the heat and toasted the sesame seeds lightly. mixed the sesame seeds and the poppy seeds onto a plate, took a piece of tin foil and laid it onto the table and added the cheese paste, folded over the edge and used the side of my bench scraper to squeeze into a roll form then rolled it up and then unrolled it to form the roll. pressed the garlic into the sides and sprinkled the surfaces of the roll with the poppy and sesame seeds and rewrapped it. there you have it, a cheddar cheese log. It cost me maybe $2 to make and is about 2 lbs. and only takes a few mins to actually make.
another roll I like making is taking a block of cream cheese, adding 2 cans of good smoked oysters in oil(drain the oil into a separate container) adding a bit of anchovy paste (I actually like the paste for this rather than canned or jarred anchovies.) mix together well, adding back in some of the juice oil to thin it out as needed, and make the roll the same way as above and serve with crackers. saltines is my fav really,but some like hi hoes/etc.
if I am making these for horderves, I will only mix one can of the oysters intot he cream cheese, then I'll puut the spread on the crackers with a divet in the middle and put a oyster in the divet.
if I am making these for just myself as a snack, I'll do the same, but ill drizzle some of the oil.juice onto it right before eating.....ya...its good... even better if you can your own oysters in cottonseed oil after smoking. way better actually, but even i dont do that often.
oh, as a side note you can also make the first recipe with horseradish and its real good too.
probably 2 cups of grated sharp cheddar cheese
3 oz's bacon
4 oz cream cheese
3 T butter
3 cloves of garlic
2-3 ts Worcestershire sauce
a bit of sesame seeds
a bit of poppy seeds.
I took the bacon and fried it crisp then tossed it into a food processor until chopped semi fine, added the butter and pulse mixed it well. added the cheddar cheese, the worcestershire sauce, and pulsed until it started to form into a ball, added the cream cheese and processed until fairly smooth and semi pasty. sliced the garlic cloves thin cross wise and put them into the grease from the bacon and cooked on med until golden brown, removed from the pan to a dish. removed grease to save, and cleaned the pan out and dried it, put back on the heat and toasted the sesame seeds lightly. mixed the sesame seeds and the poppy seeds onto a plate, took a piece of tin foil and laid it onto the table and added the cheese paste, folded over the edge and used the side of my bench scraper to squeeze into a roll form then rolled it up and then unrolled it to form the roll. pressed the garlic into the sides and sprinkled the surfaces of the roll with the poppy and sesame seeds and rewrapped it. there you have it, a cheddar cheese log. It cost me maybe $2 to make and is about 2 lbs. and only takes a few mins to actually make.
another roll I like making is taking a block of cream cheese, adding 2 cans of good smoked oysters in oil(drain the oil into a separate container) adding a bit of anchovy paste (I actually like the paste for this rather than canned or jarred anchovies.) mix together well, adding back in some of the juice oil to thin it out as needed, and make the roll the same way as above and serve with crackers. saltines is my fav really,but some like hi hoes/etc.
if I am making these for horderves, I will only mix one can of the oysters intot he cream cheese, then I'll puut the spread on the crackers with a divet in the middle and put a oyster in the divet.
if I am making these for just myself as a snack, I'll do the same, but ill drizzle some of the oil.juice onto it right before eating.....ya...its good... even better if you can your own oysters in cottonseed oil after smoking. way better actually, but even i dont do that often.
oh, as a side note you can also make the first recipe with horseradish and its real good too.
), but my old smoker finally gave up the ghost and I haven't quite gotten around to building or buying another one, so it's a no go this year...
