Say cheese!

Recipes Alice Wilhelm, Photography Roelene Prinsloo.

This assortment of cheeses is great for an easy cheese board when having a dinner party or light lunch.

Blue cheese with pineapple and pepperdew chutney

Serves: 4

Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

380g pineapple, skinned and finely diced

50g pepperdews, finely chopped

80g sugar

100ml water

250g blue cheese

Method:

1 Simmer the pineapple, pepperdews, sugar and water in a small saucepan for 20 minutes.

2 Allow to cool before adding as a topping on the pieces of blue cheese.

Feta and gremolata balls

Serves: 4

Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

225g feta cheese

15ml lemon zest

20ml parsley, roughly chopped

1 clove garlic, crushed

50g bread crumbs

Ground black pepper

Method:

1 In a food processor, blitz together the feta, lemon zest, parsley and garlic.

2 Once the mixture is well blended mix in the bread crumbs.

3 Roll into grape sized balls, then roll each ball in the ground black pepper.

Nut and cranberry camembert

Serves: 4

Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

40g pistachio nuts

25g pecan nuts, roughly chopped

30g dried cranberries

25ml honey

2 camembert rounds

Method:

1 Roughly chop the nuts and cranberries, mix with honey.

2 Place the camembert rounds on a lined baking tray, divide the nut mixture between them and then place in a preheated oven until just heated.

Brie topped with mushrooms

Serves: 4

Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

5g butter

10ml olive oil

30g onions, finely chopped

100g mushrooms, finely chopped

5ml thyme

2 brie triangles

Method:

1 Heat the butter and oil in a pan, fry the onions until translucent.

2 Add the mushrooms and thyme and fry until soft.

3 Divide the mixture between the two bries, and bake in the oven until cheeses are soft, but not oozing, about 5 minutes.