A few hints make cooking with Wisconsin cheese an easy and tasty success: Use low heat, just enough to melt the cheese and blend it with other ingredients. High heat makes natural cheese tough and stringy. Avoid long cooking, which also makes cheese tough and stringy; cook just enough to melt. To promote even melting, slice, shred, grate, cube or dice cheese before adding as an ingredient.
CHEESY TURNOVERS
1 cup flour 1/2 cup butter, softened I package (3-ounces) cream cheese, softened 2 eggs, slightly beaten 2 cups (8-ounces) shredded Brick cheese 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 egg white, slightly beaten 1/2 cup sesame seeds
In a medium bowl, mix flour, butter and cream cheese until well blended. Shape soft dough into a flat ball. Wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate about 2 hours. To Make filling, combine eggs, cheese, onion, coriander and salt until thoroughly blended. Set aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out 36 rounds using a 2-1/2-inch round cookie cutter. Reroll dough if necessary. Place 1 teaspoon of filling in center of each round. Fold in half and seal edges with a fork. Brush tops with egg white and dip in sesame seeds. Arrange on lightly buttered baking sheet. Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm or cool.
Makes 36 appetizers.
Nutrition information per appetizer: 83 calories, 3 grams carbohydrate, 3 grams protein, 7 grams fat, 27 milligrams cholesterol, 81 milligrams sodium, 67 milligrams calcium. (63 calories or 76% of calories from fat)
Cheese is a nutritious milk product that has been one of man's most important foods for thousands of years. The United States and France rank as the leading cheese-producing countries. Wisconsin is the leading cheese making state. Wisconsin Cheese comes in about 350 varieties and in many different sizes and shapes. There are literally several thousands of varieties world wide.
History of Cheese Making
Widmer's Wisconsin Cheese Legacy...
In Wisconsin, the cheese making
legacy runs deep and examples of
third-and fourth generation
Wisconsin cheese makers carrying
on the family tradition are common.
Joe Widmer, is one such third-generation example. Widmer's Cheese Legacy
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