The restaurant I was working for just closed and we were able to quit with the remaining food. Nobody wanted the blue cheese, so I was happy to take it. But it's too much! I'm thinking about a dinner with family or friends, but I still have the feeling we'll have to waste some. I don't see it as something I can share with homeless people either. It's supposed to be vacuum packed but I see condensation inside so I'm wondering if I have to use it asap, too. It's not air tight but it doesn't deform easily either. If it's fine I still have no idea how much time I'll have to eat it once opened. Any idea?
by Frites_Sauce_Fromage
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Oh I forgot : ~~I’m not 100% sure but believe~~ it was frozen until our freezer broke 2 weeks before we closed. I don’t think I can freeze it again (it’d probably explain the condensation, though)
edit : sent a texto to our former chef. He confirmed it’s been frozen
EAT. EAT. EAT.
Have a party and binge on some blue, crackers, baguette, fruit
Start using it! Good thing is that blue cheese lasts a while. So I would start putting it on just about everything.
Tell us where and when and you won’t be alone no mo!
Have a good couple of weeks!
I would get some large good quality flat mushrooms – pull the stalks out, add some sliced garlic, smoked paprika and season in the middle. Then I’d take a slice of jamon or other cured meat, add it into the mushroom with a genrous slice of your blue cheese on top. Drizzle with plenty of olive oil to moisen the stack. Bake for 25mins at 170degC – maybe a little longer depending how thick your mushrooms are.
Easy: prepare to not poop for weeks, and have at it.
Eat it all in one sitting
Loaded fries with steak
Freeze it. You can cut it in smaller wedges, wrap each of them up (if possible air-tight, but it’s also fine just in plastic wrap) and put them in the freezer. Then you take out a wedge at a time and eat it. This is what I do with my blue Cabrales cheese, which I buy in larger amounts when I’m in the Cabrales region. There’s no quality difference at all.
I have a great idea…
Salad! Dining outside right now. Tomatoes required.
make a dressing
Cheesemonger here.
Ermite bleu is Canada’s first ever blue cheese. It was first created by monks in a monastery in the 1940s.
You should mind that it WILL mold on you once you open it as you will likely not be able to eat it fast enough; fear not, as mold for this cheese usually grows on the surface. You can scrap it off very easily and keep eating it.
It has many uses. It is creamy yet crumbly so snacking, salads, soups, and cooking are all good uses. Melt it into pasta or even use it on a steak. Pair with walnuts, pecans, apples, figs, and pears.
Those bags are always lose and not sealed. It’s because blue cheese creates gas that fills the bag. It also sweats a lot from its moisture. Perfectly normal.
Do you have access to a vuccum sealer? Cut into quarters, seal 3 of them, stick in a cold part of your fridge.
My favorite ways to eat blue cheese:
– by itself lol
– on burgers
– in a spicy salad (there is a justifiably classic salad with arugula, sautéed pear slices, blanched walnuts and blue cheese. It is fantastic.)
– it may sound counterintuitive but I think blue cheese is best on a plainish water cracker. With a little dollop of something sweet but not too complicated, like a quality strawberry jam
You could make your own blue cheese dipping sauce, for veggie sticks or wings
Hosting a dinner as others have mentioned, you could also just give some away to friends 🙂
Use a spoon?
Turn some of it into blue cheese butter.
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You’re going to need a plunger for your ass!
Add chunks of to your salad, find a recipe for blue cheese dressing, goes great with sautéed onions on a burger. Bon Appétit! 😋
Cancel your plans
Eat to your hearts content!
Have guests over.
Make a dressing and/or dip.
Vacuum seal remaining in smaller portions to extend shelf life.
In that order.
Don’t
Put it in your butt.
I make mistakes so that *you* don’t have to