Cheese Paste

Growing up, I enjoyed the many varieties of cheese paste. I especially remember the red and green cheese paste between sliced white bread served at parties. Cheese paste is very simple to make. However, it all begins with this basic recipe, but later in this post I will show variations.

The basic form of this cheese paste is used for the puffs (choux pastry). Though, some people do add mayonnaise to the paste to make a smoother paste, I personally think the cheese and butter is enough at times.

Cheese Paste

1/4 lb. cheese

2 oz butter

1 tsp. mustard

1/2 tsp. pepper sauce or 1 dash of white pepper

1/4 cup of grated carrots, raw

1/2 tsp. grated onion (optional)

Grate the cheese and place in a bowl. Add the butter, a little at a time.
Add mustard, pepper, and (if you wish) onion. Blend well until smooth.

If mixture is not soft enough add a little bit of milk. Mix well.
Can be used as a filling for puffs.

Next for the variations:

1. For sandwiches, you can add a drop of red or green food colouring to the paste. Again, mix well before spreading on to the slices of bread.

2. For the cheese paste variation using mayonnaise click here

3. You can add grated carrot to the cheese paste:

Add some grated carrots to this mixture and blend well until smooth.
The more carrots you add, the deeper the colour.
The carrot is a good natural substitute for the food colouring.

The carrot and cheese paste can be used as a filling or spread especially for breads. Here it is used as a spread in wholewheat hops bread.

I cut the hops bread in half and spread the cheese, then layered the lettuce...

...the tomatoes, onion rings, and sweet relish.

Cheese paste encourages me to eat more vegetables. It makes a wonderful breakfast and a good welcome to a busy day.

That it for this post. Until then, straight ahead.

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