If you have cream cheese in your refrigerator, then you have two options: make a sandwich and just have some tea or make delicious cream cheese dishes! We offer exactly the second option. Today you will learn what to cook with cream cheese. The recipes were selected a variety of: snacks, main dishes and pastries. Everything that we offer can be easily used for the menu of any celebration, because everything is tasty and beautiful. Recipes from processed cheeses are also suitable for everyday family dinners, because it’s easy to cook, it’s not expensive for money! Let's start with the appetizers!
Raffaello from cream cheese
Perhaps one of the easiest options for appetizers to the table. “Rafaello” look very beautiful, they taste delicate, pleasant. This appetizer is perfect for holiday decorations!
Required:
- processed cheese;
- crab sticks or crackers;
- mayonnaise;
- nuts
- garlic.
Cooking:
- Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
- Squeeze the garlic through the press (add to taste).
- Mix the cheese with garlic and mayonnaise so that the balls can be made.
- Moisten your hands, form cheese balls, hiding in each a nut.
- Rub the crab sticks into a plate on a fine grater, roll the cheese "Raffaello" in them. You can roll the balls in crackers.
Here is such a simple appetizer of cream cheese! Be sure to note the recipe, it will help you out if guests come unexpectedly. You can quickly cook something to the table and wait for the main course with snacks!
Profiteroles with cheese filling
What to cook delicious of cream cheese to the table as a snack? Stuffing profiteroles is a great solution. This is a very tasty, delicate and satisfying snack, which diverges from the table in an instant!
Ingredients:
- profiteroles;
- processed cheese;
- cilantro, dill, parsley, wild garlic (if not, then just garlic), green onions;
- some mayonnaise;
- some salt as needed.
That's all! From this modest set of products, we will prepare the perfect snack.
- Grate cheese.
- Finely chop the greens.
- Mix cheese, herbs, add mayonnaise, salt if necessary.
In the profit rolls, make small holes by tearing the barrel. Using a teaspoon, stuff each cheese stick with cheese.
Stuffed tomatoes
Despite the fact that this appetizer is very satisfying, it is still quite light, fresh and diverges from the table even when the guests are already full. If you don’t know what can be prepared from Druzhba cream cheese, which lies idle in the refrigerator, make stuffed tomatoes. They are suitable not only for a holiday, but also for a family breakfast, lunch or dinner, of course, as a snack.
Ingredients:
- two medium sized tomatoes;
- two chicken eggs;
- two cheese "Friendship";
- a pair of garlic cloves;
- mayonnaise;
- salt;
- fresh greens.
Instead of eggs, you can use crab sticks, and greens can be mixed with grated fresh cucumber and finely chopped bell pepper. It's all a matter of taste, this appetizer can be prepared in many ways.
Cooking:
- Boil the eggs, cool, grate.
- Grate cheese, squeeze garlic through a press.
- Finely chop the greens.
- Combine cheese, eggs, garlic, herbs, mayonnaise. Salt a little bit.
Cut the tomatoes into two parts. Remove the insides with a teaspoon, instead of them put the filling, which was obtained from cheese and eggs.
Rolls of vegetables and processed cheese
What can be prepared from cream cheese for snacks? You can make rolls according to the following recipe. They are very juicy, tasty, fragrant, from them on the table in a few minutes there will be no trace! They cook quickly, and the most common ingredients are needed:
- one young zucchini;
- a tomato;
- cucumber;
- processed cheese;
- dill;
- clove of garlic;
- some salt;
- vegetable oil for frying.
Cooking:
- Zucchini needs to be cut along very thin slices so that it fries faster. Salt, fry on both sides.
- Grate the cheese, pass the garlic through the press, chop the greens, mix everything.
- Cut the cucumber into long slices, like zucchini, tomato slices.
Collect rolls: put a cucumber on a slice of zucchini, put a slice of tomato on the edge, and cheese and greens on top. Roll up the roll, stab with a toothpick.
Lavash rolls
What can be prepared from processed President cheese? Another great snack option, which will be an alternative to canapes and sandwiches. In the preparation of such rolls are simple, do not cause trouble, and on the table look elegant, colorful, everyone will like the taste, because there is nothing superfluous.
Ingredients:
- three sheets of pita bread;
- about 300 grams of processed cheese (16 slices of square are required);
- 200 grams of cervelat;
- a bunch of lettuce;
- a pair of bell peppers;
- fresh cucumbers and tomatoes - 1-2 pieces;
- mayonnaise;
- salt as needed.
Cooking:
- Sausage, cucumber, bell pepper - cut into strips, and tomatoes - into cubes.
- Lay the pita bread on the table, grease it with a small layer of mayonnaise.
- On top of pita bread, lay lettuce in one layer, on top of it - slices of President cheese, then sausage and vegetables.
- Roll lavash with a tube, cut into several portioned rolls.
Do the same with the other two pita breads.
Next, we propose to consider the main dishes with cream cheese. They, like snacks, can be prepared not only for ordinary family gatherings, but also for serving at the festive table.
Mushroom Julien
The perfect complement to potatoes, boiled cereals or just meat dishes! This aromatic cheese-mushroom dish will not leave indifferent any eater, even the most sophisticated in taste. Meanwhile, it’s easy to cook julienne, the hostess does not need to spend a lot of her strength and precious time.
To prepare you will need:
- a pound of mushrooms;
- bulb;
- 250-300 grams of sour cream;
- 50 grams of butter;
- two tablespoons of flour;
- 250 grams of cream cheese and 100 grams of any hard;
- salt, black pepper.
Cooking:
- Cut the mushrooms into small slices. In a pan, heat vegetable oil, fry.
- In a separate frying pan, you need to melt the butter, lightly fry a finely chopped onion on it. Then send the onions to the mushrooms, the same sour cream, grated cream cheese. Simmer all together for 10 minutes.
- In a dry frying pan, brown the flour until brown. Next, mix it with water (1/3 cup), pour into the mushrooms.
- Stew the julienne for another 10 minutes, then put in a deep baking dish, sprinkle with grated hard cheese.
- Put the form in the oven, at 180 degrees, hold the dish until the cheese has completely melted. You can wait until the crust appears, if you like.
Remember this recipe when you do not know what to cook. Cream cheese dishes always turn out to be tasty, special, tender, and they will certainly please everyone present at the table. Let's move on to the following recipes.
Cheese cutlets
What can be prepared from cream cheese and minced meat? Of course, delicious and tender cutlets. Today we suggest taking chicken as a basis. If you just cook cutlets from it, it will turn out a bit dry, but with the addition of cheese you can fix everything. Cutlets will be very juicy and mouth-watering.
Required:
- a pound of ground chicken;
- two processed cheese "Friendship" or the like;
- egg;
- a piece of white bread;
- breadcrumbs;
- salt and ground pepper;
- small onion;
- 50 grams of butter.
Cooking:
- Onion needs to be chopped in a blender, or chopped very finely, mix with minced meat.
- Freeze the oil, then grate and add to the minced meat, send the grated cheese to it.
- Soak the bread, wring it out, add to the minced meat, beat in the egg, salt and add pepper. Form the cutlets.
- Roll the patties in breadcrumbs (if not, use flour or semolina).
Heat the sunflower oil in a pan, fry the patties on both sides over low heat - under the lid.
Chicken fillet in cheese sauce
What can be cooked from cream cheese? A delicious sauce that blends perfectly with meat, especially chicken. We offer to cook tender chicken fillet, which will be an ideal dish for treating guests. The recipe with processed cheeses is simple, the cooking time will take only an hour.
Ingredients:
- a pound of chicken;
- 300 grams of processed cheese;
- two oranges;
- a glass of cream;
- clove of garlic;
- two teaspoons of mustard;
- half a glass of white dry wine;
- salt and seasoning.
Cooking:
- Squeeze the juice from oranges, grate the zest into it. Add salt, wine, mustard and a tablespoon of sunflower oil. This is your marinade.
- Chicken fillet should be cut into small pieces, as for goulash, rinse. Send the meat to marinate for an hour or a half, if time permits. If there is no time, then it is enough to take 20-30 minutes to marinate.
- Fry the chicken until half ready in a small amount of vegetable oil.
- Pour the cream into a saucepan and put the grated cheese. Put on a slow fire and bring the mass to homogeneity.
- Squeeze the garlic into the chicken, which is still cooked, pour the cream-cheese sauce, add seasonings. Simmer for another 10 minutes, stirring so that the sauce does not burn.
As a side dish, the ideal solution would be to serve rice or mashed potatoes.
Potato balls with cheese
Today we share recipes for delicious dishes with cream cheese. One of the most noteworthy is the recipe for potato balls. They can be attributed to both appetizers and main dishes - as a side dish. Any meat, fish is suitable for such a side dish; no sauce is required, since the balls contain a delicate filling of processed cheese. Be sure to try to make such balls, and they will become a favorite dish of all households.
Ingredients:
- 5-7 potatoes;
- three processed cheese;
- egg;
- salt;
- flour or bread crumbs;
- deep-frying sunflower oil.
Cooking:
- Wash and peel the potatoes, fill with cold water in a pan.
- Boil the potatoes by adding a tablespoon of salt to the water. When ready, drain all the water, mash the potatoes in mashed potatoes, without waiting for it to cool.
- Cool the mashed potatoes, add raw chicken egg to it, mix well.
- Cut cheese into cubes, you can grate, it will be more convenient to start potatoes.
- With moistened hands, form mashed balls, make them cakes.
- In each center cake put cheese, raise the edges, blind well, roll the ball.
- Roll potato balls in flour or breadcrumbs, fry in a deep fat fryer or in a pan with a lot of sunflower oil.
The crust of potato balls will turn out crispy. In order not to spoil it, do not put them out of the oil immediately on a plate. Spread a paper towel on it and lay out the koloboks. Excess oil from potatoes will go to paper. Now you know that from processed cheese you can cook a very tasty and attractive side dish, suitable for all meat dishes.
By the same principle, you can make balls from any stuffing. It will turn out very tasty meat balls with cheese filling.
Broccoli in cheese "clothes"
Another recipe for cream cheese, according to reviews it can be attributed to both appetizers and side dishes. How you will use cabbage in cheese "clothes" is a private matter. But be sure to take note of this recipe, it will help bring something completely new to the table.
Will be required for cooking:
- a kilogram of broccoli;
- five processed cheeses;
- some salt.
Cooking:
- Place a pot of water on the gas by adding a tablespoon of salt to it. As soon as the liquid boils, throw broccoli over to boil. Cook after boiling for only 3-5 minutes.
- Grate the cream cheese in a deep bowl, put it in the oven or microwave to melt.
- Cool the cabbage, put each on a skewer or fork, dip in melted cheese, put on a plate at a distance from each other.
Once the cheese has hardened, put the cabbage in one bowl or arrange on plates.
Chicken thighs with cheese
For cooking, we need processed cheese in the form of plates - “President” or “Hohland”. If there are none, then you can cut into thin slices "Friendship" or any other processed cheese, which will be melted, and not fried.
Ingredients:
- chicken thighs - by the number of servings;
- slices of cream cheese - according to the number of thighs;
- on a spoonful of mustard and mayonnaise;
- salt, ground red paprika.
Cooking:
- Wash the thighs well, dry with a paper towel.
- Lift the skin on the thighs with a knife or fork so that one edge adheres tightly to the meat. Under the skin, spread a piece of cheese, cover with skin.
- Combine mustard, mayonnaise, salt and paprika. Generously coat each thigh.
- Put the chicken on the wire rack, bake at 180 degrees until fully cooked and a beautiful golden crust forms.
Cooking a chicken is so simple that even a person who has absolutely no experience in cooking can handle it. Next, we propose moving on to another interesting section of this article - baking recipes with cream cheese!
Puff pastry cookies
If there is puff pastry in the refrigerator, you can always quickly cook something for tea drinking. We suggest baking cookies with cream cheese, which will still be sprinkled with sesame seeds. No one will refuse such a treat.
Ingredients:
- 150 grams of yeast-free puff pastry;
- processed cheese "Friendship";
- sesame;
- egg;
- some flour.
Cooking:
- Sprinkle the table with flour, lay out the dough and roll it thinly.
- In a bowl, beat the egg and with a culinary brush, grease a layer of dough with it.
- Grate the cheese, lay it in one track along the wide edge of the dough, roll the roll.
- Again with a brush, grease the top of the roll with an egg, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Cut the roll into small pieces, which will be the cookies. Put on a baking sheet and bake until cooked at 180 degrees.
Lazy pizza
If you have not tried to cook such a pizza, then you have lost a lot. This pastry and pizza can not be called, rather, a large and satisfying sandwich with a huge amount of filling.
Required:
- one wide loaf (classic, with stripes on top);
- 200 grams of sausage;
- two processed cheese "Friendship";
- ketchup and mayonnaise.
These components will be enough, but, if desired, you can use fresh tomatoes and pickles.
Cooking:
- Cut the loaf into two parts, and then divide each half crosswise into two more parts so that you can make boats.
- Take out the crumb, leaving thin walls around the edges.
- Lubricate the bottom of the loaf generously with mayonnaise and ketchup.
- Cut the sausage into cubes, place in the "boats" of the loaf.
- Grate cheese, sprinkle them with sausage.
Put the pizzas on a baking sheet and place it in the oven, not in the microwave. We need the loaf to bake, become crispy (this will not happen in the microwave), and the cheese melted on top.
Puffs with sausage and cheese
Do you know that from processed sausage cheese you can make incredibly tasty and quick puffs for tea? It will take no more than half an hour and you will have delicious pies on the table. As for the ingredients, only cream cheese and puff pastry are required. You can not take the rest at all, add or replace - at your own discretion.
Required:
- puff pastry:
- any sausage;
- processed sausage cheese (it tastes better with it than with ordinary processed cheese, but if not, take any);
- egg.
Cooking:
- Roll out the dough in one large layer, then cut into squares, from which you will form puffs.
- Put a slice of cheese and sausage.
- Cover the edges in any way: triangles, rectangles and other shapes acceptable for puffs.
- Lubricate the tops with an egg, bake until cooked at 180 degrees.
Good appetite!