384 cheese pastry recipes

Honey almond tartlets with a flaky sour cream pastry shell, cream cheese and honey filling, toasted almonds, and fresh strawberries on top. An elegant make-ahead dessert.

Egg vegetable salad served in a puffed Swiss cheese choux pastry shell. Cauliflower, mushrooms, peas, and hard-cooked eggs in a cumin-Dijon dressing inside an edible bowl.

Cream cheese crescent cookies filled with apricot preserves, rolled into crescent shapes, and dusted with powdered sugar. A flaky, buttery Eastern European-style pastry with just 5 ingredients.

Flaky butter pastry tartlets filled with chopped apples and topped with golden melted cheddar. A sweet-savory bite-sized treat that pairs fruit and cheese in every nibble.

Olive quiche with a hash brown potato crust, two cheeses, green chilies, and spicy olives. Gluten-free and hearty with a crispy golden potato shell instead of pastry.

Cream cheese rugelach with a tender, flaky pastry rolled around fruit jam. The classic Eastern European Jewish cookie, bakery-style at home with eight ingredients and zero kneading.

Crispy bacon and Swiss cheese on a flaky pastry crust, topped with a creamy egg and sour cream custard. A puffy, golden breakfast pizza the whole family will love.

Tomato cheese tart with provolone, Parmesan, fresh basil, and thick tomato slices baked in a blind-baked pastry shell. A savory Italian-style tart best with peak-season tomatoes.

Dessert pizza with a baked pastry crust, creamy walnut-studded cream cheese filling, and tart cherry pie filling on top. A fun twist on cheesecake that feeds a crowd.

Cheese puff muffins made with choux pastry dough, sharp cheddar, eggs, and a hint of cayenne. Crispy outside, hollow and airy inside. A savory twist on classic French gougères.

Pastitsio makaronia me feta: a Greek baked pasta casserole with elbow macaroni, cubed feta, grated cheese, and eggs wrapped in crispy buttered filo pastry. Nutmeg-scented and golden-topped.

Tomato basil quiche layered with caramelized onions, flour-dredged sauteed tomato slices, and melted cheese in a flaky pastry crust. Summer's tomato glut turned into a vegetarian main dish.

Hungarian-style cream cheese triangles (kiflis) with a tender pastry dough wrapped around prune butter or fruit jam, baked golden, and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic holiday cookie tin staple.

Traditional Austrian Topfenkuchen with a buttery pastry base and airy cottage cheese filling scented with lemon zest, topped with raisins and almonds. A classic European cheesecake baked into elegant squares.

Old-California empanadita pastry with a flaky cream cheese and butter dough. A versatile chilled make-ahead dough for sweet or savory hand pies, brushed with egg wash before baking.

Potato cream filling whips mashed potato with butter, cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, and citrus zests for an unexpectedly silky pastry filling. The Polish-style heritage use for leftover spuds.