Butlers Farmhouse, near Preston in Lancashire, recently held a competition for recipes using cheeses they make for Asda. If you’ve had enough of turkey leftovers, these prize-winning recipes (a warm soufflé, a cooling pear salad, and spicy sausage balls) will lift and refresh your palate.
Lancashire and Parmesan Chive Souffle
Serves 3 (can be doubled)
25g butter
15g plain flour
150ml milk
3 eggs, separated
75g Asda Extra Special Creamy Lancashire cheese, grated
25g Parmesan, grated
Pinch of salt and pepper
1 tsp chives
Salad leaves
A few small tomatoes
Three ramekin dishes, buttered
- Heat the oven to 190C/375F
- Melt the butter gently in a saucepan
- Stir in flour and cook for one minute
- Gradually add the milk, stirring continuously until it has thickened
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a couple of minutes
- Stir in the egg yolks, salt, pepper, chives and the grated cheeses
- Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold them gently into the cheese mixture
- Spoon into the buttered ramekin dishes
- Bake in the centre of the oven for about 20 minutes until golden and risen
Lancashire and Pear salad
Serves 4
4 pears
150g Asda Extra Special Creamy Lancashire
3 tsp clear honey
80g walnuts, shelled
- Quarter the pears, remove the cores and peel
- Slice the quarters lengthways into 5mm slices
- Slice the cheese lengthways, matching the shape of the pears
- Arrange the pear and cheese slices on individual plates
- Drizzle with the honey and sprinkle with the walnuts
Spicy cheesy sausage balls
Serves 4 to 8; also good for canapes
1 pack of sausage meat
150g Asda Extra Special Creamy Lancashire cheese
1 red chilli, finely chopped
Pinch of salt
150g self raising flour
Grated zest of one lime
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
Salad leaves
- Mix together the meat, chilli, salt, zest and sauce (best done by hand)
- Add the cheese and mix again
- Add the flour and mix a third time
- Form into small balls and chill in the fridge for an hour
- Bake in the oven, at a moderate heat, for 30-40 minutes
- Serve with a salad and more chilli sauce as a dip
How Butlers Farmhouse makes Asda’s Extra Special Creamy Lancashire cheese