384 cheese pastry recipes

English cheese pie with sieved cottage cheese, cream sherry, rosewater, and currants in a from-scratch butter pastry crust. A fragrant Tudor-era custard dessert.

Mother's Christmas cheese cakes: cream cheese pastry tartlets with two fillings, one pecan-brown sugar and one coconut-vanilla. A classic holiday cookie tin stalwart.

Oysters Mosca: chopped fresh oysters cooked down with garlic, scallions, lemon, and Romano cheese, then spooned into puff pastry shells. The classic Italian-Creole New Orleans appetizer from the legendary Mosca's restaurant.

Kolaches (kolacky) made with a tender cottage cheese and butter dough, filled with pineapple or apricot filling, and dusted with powdered sugar. A Czech pastry classic.

Nut horns are Eastern European cream cheese pastries filled with a sweet walnut meringue filling. The dough chills overnight for a flaky, tender bite that melts in your mouth.

Mini bacon cheese quiches in a tender cream cheese pastry shell, filled with crisp bacon, cheddar, Swiss, onion, and a custard of eggs and half and half. Make-ahead, freezer-friendly party bites.

Kolatchkies, cream cheese pastry cookies filled with your choice of fruit filling, pinched shut, and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic Eastern European treat.

Greek spanakopita Peloponnisos style: spinach, leeks, and spring onions rolled in olive oil-brushed phyllo pastry and baked golden. A dairy-free version without the traditional feta cheese.

Crustless mushroom quiche where buttered mushrooms and saltine crumbs form the crust instead of pastry, filled with cottage cheese, eggs, and Monterey Jack.

Rugelach with fruit jam are traditional Jewish crescent cookies rolled with cream cheese pastry around apricot or raspberry jam, cinnamon sugar, raisins, and walnuts. A Hanukkah favorite.

Tiny French cheese pastry sandwiches made with sharp cheddar dough and a melted Swiss cheese filling. Flaky, buttery, and gone in two bites. Makes 46 croutes.

Beef quiche with dried beef, mushrooms, and Swiss cheese in a homemade Parmesan crust. A savory, hearty quiche with two kinds of cheese and a flaky, nutty pastry shell.

Lobster quiche with Gruyere cheese, sherry, and a hint of tomato paste and nutmeg in a rich cream custard. Fresh lobster chunks in a flaky pastry shell for an elegant brunch.

Honey Newtons with a cheddar cheese cookie dough and a honey-fig filling simmered to marmalade consistency. A sweet-savory filled cookie with an unexpected cheese pastry.

Mini quiches with a cream cheese pastry crust and a rich filling of leek soup, Swiss cheese, cream, eggs, and dry mustard. Bite-sized and perfect for parties and brunches.

Mini pumpkin pie cookie cups with a cream cheese pastry shell, spiced pumpkin filling with rum and vanilla, and a crunchy pecan-brown sugar topping.