Festive Recipes: Cheese Please!

Straight from her Viroqua shop’s winter menu, Sarah’s recipe is fabulous for a quick holiday appetizer or alongside a crisp green salad for dinner. Local feta and cream cheese are whipped together before being topped with an array of olives and warm roasted peppers (or substitute 1 cup of whatever seasonal vegetables you have on hand). Whatever you do, just don’t skip the sourdough baguette rubbed with garlic—it’s what really takes this recipe over the top.

Puff pastry is the best dinner party hack there is. Stashed away in your freezer for use at a moment’s notice, it elevates just about anything. Not that a beautiful wheel of a local soft-ripened cheese needs elevating—but here we are.

If anyone knows what to do with cheese, it’s Anna—cheesemaker, recipe developer, and food writer extraordinaire.. These mini stuffed potatoes made with Landmark Creamery’s Anabasque are just the tasty bite-size appetizer we all need to be indulging in this winter.

Sometimes in the middle of winter, we simply need a recipe that says “let’s enjoy all the comfort foods tossed together in one casserole dish.” Roasted squash, caramelized onions, a quick creamy white sauce, crispy breadcrumbs, and two of our favorite cheeses create a dish that is just as perfect for a cozy night in as it is for entertaining.