Break the mould with these blue cheese recipes

Blue cheese belongs in everything, and these pastas, homemade sauces and salads prove just that. Choose your cheese, whether it be gorganzola, roquefort, stilton or Danish blue, and get ready for a delicious dish.

by delicious. team

delicious. team

Aug 12, 2020

Roquefort roast potatoes

Roquefort roast potatoes.

This salty, tangy cheese makes an ideal addition to salads and dressings or adorned on crisp roast potatoes like in this recipe.

Red onion, sage, blue cheese and potato farls

“Farls are traditional Irish fare, sort of leavened fried potato cakes (what’s not to like there?)" - Gill Meller

Baked sweet potato soup with blue cheese toast

The blue cheese toasts really take this soup to a whole new level.

Pumpkin and sage baked gnocchi

Just when you thought pasta bakes couldn't get any better, this easy recipe for hearty pumpkin and sage gnocchi comes along. Whip up for a tasty weeknight dinner and serve hot straight out of the oven.

Radicchio and pear salad with blue cheese and walnuts

This side is perfect for autumn entertaining. This is an edited extract from A Year of Simple Family Food by Julia Busuttil Nishimura, Published by Plum, $39.99.

One-pan potato gnocchi with mushrooms and blue cheese

There's no need to cook the gnocchi separately, making this one-pan, super-quick recipe the perfect answer to a delicious weeknight dinner or easy weekend lunch. With the added attraction of minimal washing up, it's sure to become a favourite.

Peppered rib-eye with charred cabbage and blue cheese dressing

Investing in a meat thermometer can take the stress out of cooking such a special cut of meat as this, says Silvia Colloca.

Pumpkin with blue cheese and pickled walnut salsa

"This dish is a classic combination of flavours and textures that naturally work well together" - Ramael Scully.

Polenta fries with gorgonzola dip

Polenta fries with gorgonzola

It's never been easier to make your own polenta fries at home thanks to this quick recipe.

Pumpkin, sage and blue cheese muffins

Roasted pumpkin, sage and blue cheese muffins

Give the leftover pumpkin from dinner a new life with this resourceful recipe.

Cheese and garlic pull-apart

Cheese and garlic pull apart

Jamie Oliver's super easy, gluten-free cheesy bread is best served piping hot or with your favourite soup - a true winter indulgence.

Cayenne chicken drumsticks with blue cheese dipping sauce

For a satisfying fix, Katie Quinn Davies recommends these cayenne chicken drumsticks dipped in a creamy blue cheese sauce.

Gnocchi with gorgonzola and pear

Gnocchi con gorgonzola e pera (Gnocchi with gorgonzola and pear)

Classic gnocchi and gorgonzola are the perfect combination. Try to get good-quality gnocchi from an Italian deli; I really like the small variety, known as chicchi. This recipe is an extract from Gennaro’s Fast Cook Italian by Gennaro Contaldo ($39.99, Harper Collins).