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Cheese recipes

Melted, crumbled, grated and baked. 974 recipes on the site call for cheese.

Cheese is in 974 recipes from 58 cuisines, among them 416 dinners, 137 appetisers and small plates, 110 lunches and 82 breakfasts. The cuisines that use it most here are American (396), Italian (231), British (68) and Mexican (59). Of these, 288 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Cheese and Pickle Sandwich (5 min), Ham and Cheese Sandwich (5 min) and Lemon Arugula Salad with Parmesan (5 min). For 261, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 672 easy, 280 medium and 22 hard.

As written, 363 are vegetarian and 187 gluten-free. Another 82 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Cheese recipes — all 974 recipes

Classic Tiramisu
ItalianEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
12m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Classic Tiramisu

The Venetian classic, built on a properly cooked zabaglione so it sets firm without gelatine and carries no raw-egg…

6.5 hr · Medium
Classic Smash Cheeseburger
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
15m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Classic Smash Cheeseburger

A smash burger with lace-edged, deeply browned patties, American cheese melted to the edges and a soft toasted bun…

25 min · Easy
Spaghetti Carbonara
ItalianEditor’s Pick
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Spaghetti Carbonara

Real Roman carbonara has no cream in it — just eggs, Pecorino, guanciale and black pepper emulsified into a glossy…

30 min · Medium
New York Cheesecake
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
75m
Serves
12
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Desserts

New York Cheesecake

Dense, tall and creamy with a faint tang, on a buttery biscuit base. The water bath and a slow cool in the…

11 hr+ · Medium
Margherita Pizza
ItalianEditor’s Pick
Prep
90m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Margherita Pizza

The Neapolitan original: a blistered, cloud-edged crust under nothing more than San Marzano tomatoes, milky fior di…

28–76 hr · Medium
Baked Mac and Cheese
AmericanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Baked Mac and Cheese

A baked macaroni cheese with a proper béchamel, three cheeses and a buttered breadcrumb top. Evaporated milk and a…

45 min · Easy
Birria Tacos
MexicanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
180m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Birria Tacos

Jalisco's chilli-braised beef, shredded into tortillas that have been dipped in the scarlet fat from the braise…

4 hr · Medium
Shakshuka
Middle EasternFeatured
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Shakshuka

Eggs poached in a smoky, cumin-scented pepper and tomato sauce, served straight from the pan with bread for…

35 min · Easy
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Baking

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls

Soft, tall rolls made with a tangzhong starter that keeps them pillowy for days, filled with cinnamon-butter and…

11–12 hr+ · Medium
Buffalo Wings
AmericanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
70m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Buffalo Wings

The Anchor Bar original, baked rather than fried using a baking powder trick that makes the skin crackle like it…

5.5 hr · Easy
Caesar Salad
American
Prep
20m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Caesar Salad

The original Tijuana Caesar: whole romaine leaves, a dressing built on egg yolk, anchovy and garlic, and croutons…

30 min · Easy
Three-Egg Omelette
American
Prep
5m
Cook
5m
Serves
1
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Breakfast

Three-Egg Omelette

Three eggs, butter, and about ninety seconds. The French rolled style has no colour at all and a barely-set centre…

10 min · Medium
Chicken Parmigiana
ItalianFeatured
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Chicken Parmigiana

Shatteringly crisp breaded cutlets under a thin blanket of sauce and mozzarella, grilled just long enough to melt…

55 min · Medium
Chicken Enchiladas Rojas
Mexican
Prep
25m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Chicken Enchiladas Rojas

Corn tortillas rolled around shredded chicken, blanketed in a red chilli sauce made from whole dried chillies rather…

80 min · Medium
Buffalo Chicken Dip
AmericanFeatured
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Shredded chicken, cream cheese, ranch and hot sauce baked until bubbling. Invented in Buffalo, adopted by every…

35 min · Easy
Skillet Grilled Cheese
American
Prep
5m
Cook
8m
Serves
2
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Quick Meals

Skillet Grilled Cheese

Mayonnaise on the outside instead of butter, two cheeses for flavour and melt, and eight minutes over patient…

13 min · Easy
Loaded Nachos
Mexican
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Loaded Nachos

The real thing, not a pile of chips with sauce poured over: every chip laid out individually, each one bearing its…

30 min · Easy
Philly Cheesesteak
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Philly Cheesesteak

Thinly shaved ribeye, sweated onions and melted cheese crammed into a soft hoagie roll. The debate over Cheez Whiz…

75 min · Easy
Horiatiki Greek Salad
Greek
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Horiatiki Greek Salad

A real horiatiki has no lettuce in it: just tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, onion, olives and a slab of feta, dressed…

15 min · Easy
Shepherd's Pie
British
Prep
25m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Shepherd's Pie

Lamb mince in a rich gravy under a piped mash with crisp golden ridges. Made with beef it is a cottage pie; the…

2–2.5 hr · Easy
Red Velvet Cake
American
Prep
30m
Cook
30m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Red Velvet Cake

A tender buttermilk cake with a whisper of cocoa, a tang from vinegar and buttermilk, and a proper cream cheese…

3.5 hr · Medium
French Onion Soup
FrenchFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
75m
Serves
4
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Dinner

French Onion Soup

Forty-five minutes of patient caramelisation turns four pounds of onions into something meltingly sweet and mahogany…

90 min · Medium
Spiced Carrot Cake
American
Prep
25m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Spiced Carrot Cake

A properly spiced carrot cake, moist from oil and crushed pineapple, with walnuts for bite and a tangy cream cheese…

110 min+ · Easy
Adjaruli Khachapuri
GeorgianFeatured
Prep
90m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Bread

Adjaruli Khachapuri

A boat of bread filled with molten cheese, with an egg yolk and a knob of butter dropped in at the end and stirred…

3 hr · Medium
Chilaquiles Verdes
MexicanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Chilaquiles Verdes

Fried tortilla chips simmered briefly in salsa verde until they soften at the edges but keep a bite at the centre…

35 min · Easy
Enchiladas Verdes
Mexican
Prep
25m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Enchiladas Verdes

Corn tortillas dipped in a charred tomatillo salsa, rolled around shredded chicken and baked under more salsa, crema…

50 min · Easy
Cheese Fondue
SwissFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Cheese Fondue

Gruyère and Vacherin melted into white wine with a little cornflour and kirsch, kept just below a simmer and eaten…

35 min · Easy
Croque Monsieur
FrenchFeatured
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
2
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Lunch

Croque Monsieur

The Parisian café sandwich raised to its proper form: ham and Gruyère between buttered pain de mie, blanketed in…

25 min · Easy
Flan Napolitano
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
60m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Flan Napolitano

A dense, cream-cheese-enriched custard baked over caramel and turned out so the syrup floods down the sides. Denser…

7.5 hr+ · Medium
Japanese Cotton Cheesecake
Japanese
Prep
30m
Cook
70m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Japanese Cotton Cheesecake

The jiggly cotton cheesecake — somewhere between a soufflé and a sponge, barely sweet, and impossibly light. It…

4 hr+ · Hard
Sicilian Cannoli
ItalianFeatured
Prep
45m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Sicilian Cannoli

Blistered fried shells filled to order with sweetened sheep's-milk ricotta and candied peel. Filling them any…

10 hr+ · Hard
Mission-Style Burrito
Mexican
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Mission-Style Burrito

San Francisco's contribution to world food: a steamed flour tortilla wrapped around rice, beans, meat, cheese, salsa…

3–5 hr · Easy
Pesto alla Genovese
Italian
Prep
15m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Quick Meals

Pesto alla Genovese

Genoese pesto made the traditional way, with basil bruised rather than blitzed, so the sauce stays emerald green…

25 min · Easy
Shrimp and Grits
American
Prep
15m
Cook
55m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Shrimp and Grits

Lowcountry breakfast turned into dinner: prawns in a bacon and stock pan sauce over grits cooked slowly with cream…

70–75 min · Easy
Cottage Pie
British
Prep
25m
Cook
95m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Cottage Pie

Minced beef in a rich gravy under a mash topping forked into ridges and browned. Cottage pie is beef; shepherd's pie…

2 hr · Easy
Pão de Queijo
Brazilian
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
16
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Bread

Pão de Queijo

Brazilian cheese breads made from tapioca starch scalded with hot milk and oil, giving a crisp shell and a chewy…

85 min · Easy
Breakfast Hash
InternationalFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Breakfast Hash

Potatoes fried until properly crusted, then peppers, onions and whatever else is in the fridge, with eggs cracked in…

45 min · Easy
Skillet Cornbread
American
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Bread

Skillet Cornbread

Batter poured into a screaming hot skillet of bacon fat, which sets a crust the instant it hits. The Southern style…

50 min · Easy
Melanzane alla Parmigiana
ItalianEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
60m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Melanzane alla Parmigiana

Layers of fried aubergine, tomato, basil and mozzarella baked until the edges catch and the middle sets into…

3 hr · Medium
Cacio e Pepe
ItalianFeatured
Prep
5m
Cook
15m
Serves
2
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Quick Meals

Cacio e Pepe

Two ingredients, one technique, endless opportunity to get it wrong. This cacio e pepe recipe uses a Pecorino slurry…

20 min · Medium
Mozzarella Sticks
American
Prep
25m
Cook
10m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Mozzarella Sticks

Batons of low-moisture mozzarella double-breaded and frozen solid before frying, so the crust sets before the cheese…

2.5 hr · Easy
Reuben Sandwich
American
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Lunch

Reuben Sandwich

Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Russian dressing between rye, griddled in butter until the cheese runs and…

35 min · Easy
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina
Italian
Prep
40m
Cook
80m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Gnocchi alla Sorrentina

Potato gnocchi baked under tomato sauce and mozzarella until the top blisters and the cheese pulls. From the…

2 hr · Medium
Loaded Breakfast Burrito
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Loaded Breakfast Burrito

Soft scrambled eggs, crisp potatoes, sausage and cheese rolled tight in a griddled tortilla. Built properly it holds…

30 min · Easy
Bucatini all'Amatriciana
Italian
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Bucatini all'Amatriciana

The Roman classic from Amatrice: guanciale rendered until crisp, tomatoes cooked down in the rendered fat, and…

35 min · Easy
Elote — Mexican Street Corn
Mexican
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Elote — Mexican Street Corn

Charred corn slathered in crema and mayonnaise, rolled in salty cotija and dusted with chilli and lime. It is the…

25 min · Easy
Moussaka
GreekEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
70m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Moussaka

Layers of roasted aubergine, spiced lamb ragù and a thick béchamel enriched with egg yolks and kefalotyri, baked…

3 hr · Hard
Potato and Cheese Pierogi
Polish
Prep
45m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Potato and Cheese Pierogi

Tender dumplings filled with potato and farmer's cheese, boiled and then fried in butter with onions. A weekend…

95 min+ · Medium

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