Stilton Biscuits For Port Food

POTTED STILTON

Steps:

• Place butter into a mixing bowl and beat until soft.
• Add Stilton cheese and beat with butter until creamy (not smooth).
• Work breadcrumbs into mixture and add port until combined.
• Place mixture into an earthenware pot or ramekin dishes, cover and refrigerate.
• Allow Stilton to reach room temperature before serving.
• Serve with crackers or fresh crusty bread.

POTTED STILTON WITH PORT AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• To make the potted Stilton, simply mash the Stilton in a bowl, add the softened butter, the mace and port and continue to stir together well.
• (Traditional potted cheese recipes tend to use unclarified butter, presumably because cheese, especially when it is aided by alcohol, needs less protection from spoilage than meat.).
• Pack into ramekins or an attractive ceramic pot/s. Melt a little butter and pour over the top of the cheese to form a thin seal.
• Scatter the walnuts over the top & press them in slightly, then leave it to set.
• Refrigerate for up to a week. Serve after dinner with crackers or hot, toasted rye bread, with a ripe pear alongside. Alternatively, try as a sandwich filling on wholemeal bread, augmented by plenty of crisp salad leaves to cut through the richness of this delicious potted cheese!

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH STILTON & PORT

Steps:

• Preheat a 3 or 5-quart sauté pan over medium-high heat until rim of pan is hot. Add oil and wait another minute. Add pork and cook, turning as needed, until browned on all sides (about 4 minutes).
• Transfer meat to a 9 x 13 inch baking pan and bake in a 400 F oven until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest part of tenderloin registers 160 (about 15 minutes).
• Meanwhile, discard fat from sauté pan and add port and broth. Bring to a boil over high heat; then boil, uncovered, until reduce to about 3/4 cup (about 3 minutes). Stir in cream and continue to boil, stirring, until sauce is covered with large, shiny bubbles (about 5 more minutes). Add cheese and stir until melted; stir in chiles. Remove from heat.
• To serve, thinly slice meat across the grain. Fan out slices on individual plates and spoon sauce over them.

PORT AND STILTON PATE

Steps:

• Melt the butter to sweat the onions until they are soft. Add the port. Simmer for about three minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add the rest and stir makings sure it is well blended.
• Place in blender and process until sticks together. Check your seasonings [don't do this after you are finished.] Adjust if needed.
• Place in individual servers if desired. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Serve with melba toast or crackers.
• Note Crusted port is Vegetarian Friendly. If not seeking that alternative, use regular port.
• servings is a guess. Who counts?

STILTON, PORT AND WALNUT PATE

Steps:

• Place the cheese, butter, and port in a food processor and process until the mixture is smooth.
• Transfer the cheese mixture to a mixing bowl, add the walnuts and mix thoroughly.
• Transfer the pate to a serving bowl/dish, cover with clingfilm and chill until ready to serve.
• As this can be made up to 3 weeks in advance.

MUSHROOMS WITH PORT AND STILTON SAUCE IN A BREAD BOWL

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the butter over moderately high heat until the foam subsides. Saute the mushrooms in the melted butter, stirring, until they are golden and season them with salt and pepper.
• Heat the Port ( You are going to ignite it and heating it before hand is necessary for it to ignite.) Add the heated Port to the skillet and ignite it, shaking the skillet gently until the flames go out.
• Stir in the Stilton and the heavy cream and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, until the cheese is melted.
• Brush the insides of the hollowed out rolls with the remaining melted butter. Toast the rolls on a baking sheet under a preheated broiler, about 4 inches from the heat until they are golden.
• Divide the mushroom mixture between the rolls and garnish with chopped parsley.

STRIP STEAK WITH STILTON-PORT BUTTER

Steps:

• Place the butter in a food processor bowl and run until smooth.
• Add the cheese and wine.
• Pulse until blended.
• Place on a small piece of wax paper or parchment.
• Roll into a 1-inch cylinder.
• Refrigerate.
• Grill the steaks to the desired temperature.
• Top each steak with a few 1/4-inch slices of the butter.
• Serve warm.

STILTON BISCUITS FOR PORT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a baking sheet.
• Finely mash the cheese in a bowl. Pour the butter over it and mix well. Mix in the celery seeds.
• Add the flour and mix with fingertips or fork to form a dough. Alternatively, the cheese and butter mixture can be blended in the food processor. Add the celery seeds and flour and process until the ball of dough forms.
• Shape the dough into two logs, each about 10-inches long. Wrap in foil and refrigerate for at least one hour.
• Slice the dough into rounds about one-quarter inch thick. Place the rounds on the baking sheet. Bake about 10 minutes, until browned on the bottom. Turn and bake about four minutes longer, to brown the other side. Cool the biscuits on a rack before serving.