Blue cheese is one of those love it or leave it type foods that seems to get a strong reaction either way. This is the best blue cheese I’ve had. I love it, for sure. When I was at Big Potluck a couple weeks ago, I was shoveling crackers in my mouth that were heavily smeared with this Kerrygold Cashel Blue Farmhouse Cheese. It’s a big, bold, robustly-flavored cheese made in Ireland on a family farm and although it’s tangy, sharp, and intense, it’s smooth and has a very addictive quality. Just one more cracker. Ok, two more. Another sip of wine. And three more crackers with cheese.
The cheese tastes especially good with wine. And with friends on beautiful, sunny California days.
At the event, 75 bloggers drank the open wine bar dry by about 9pm and we didnt’t arrive until after 6pm. We really like our wine and cheese.
I like this blue cheese simply smeared on crackers after it’s been sitting out at room temperature for awhile so that it softens and the flavors really develop. Serving cheese this bold and beautiful with grapes or apples is a must because the sweet, crisp, crunchy fruit balances the dense, savory cheese. But rather than just smear it on crackers, I wanted to make something with it, and this is what I came up with.
These little mini quiche cups are my husband’s dream food. Eggs, cream, carbs, and cheese, all in one. It’s nearly work-free recipe, taking less than 5 minutes to assemble and from start to finish, just about 20 minutes and you’re eating it. That’s my dream food.
Beat two eggs, add a splash of cream, pour into phyllo shells, top with a hunk of cheese, and bake. They’d be a nice brunch or shower menu idea, or pass them as an appetizer at a cocktail or wine-and-cheese party. Two bites, no silverware needed.
I used Fillo Factory Mini Shells and after I poured the egg mixture into the phyllo shells, a few of them were leakers. Egg in, egg out; all over the baking tray. But I baked them anyway, and placed the egg pieces back into the cups after baking. Just giving you fair warning and full disclosure that not every single cup has an airtight seal. I learned all about phyllo dough when I made Nutella Chocolate Chip Baklava. You could instead use mini pie shells, or make your own pie crust and press it into a muffin pan. Try refrigerated crescent roll dough, puff pastry, or skip the crust all-together, and bake the egg and cheese mixture directly in a muffin pan. There are a zillion ways to go with the basic idea. Cheese can do no wrong.
You can doctor up the egg mixture with spinach, mushrooms, scallions, onions, garlic, peppers, or any number of vegetables or spices. The phyllo cups, however, are very shallow and add-ins would be better suited to a muffin tin which is deeper. Plus, I wanted to focus on the luscious blue cheese and skipped any competing flavors. Before serving, optionally drizzle a bit of honey over the top. A play on salty and sweet.
My husband was all over the mini quiche. And I’m all over the cheese. We all win.
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