Pair it with vegetables or slip it into your daily dairy products. Cheese is the next new thing that chefs are experimenting with in their dishes. By Swasti Aggarwal
Among diverse flavour preferences, cheese and butter prevail fairly on top of the list for most people. Cheese is increasingly a characterising flavor of all types of foods — from baby food to soup to desserts. A hint of the cheesy flavour that we all love makes any product more attractive to the consumer. Today’s consumers look for ways to add high quality, eclectic ingredients to their at-home meals.
Consistently curating food to enhance the taste palate of its patrons, Foodhall has introduced Foodhall Specials’, a homegrown range of products to cater to our foodies’ to try something new every day. Its range of flavored butters and different types of creme cheese will please everyone’s taste buds.
Cream cheese can always finds its place in your breakfast, lunch or dinner and everything in between. It can be added to a dessert, served as an appetiser or just as a stand-alone snack. The specialty of cream cheese is that it can turn a good casserole, sandwich, or bagel into a mouthwatering masterpiece. For instance, cream cheese flavored with green olive chipotle, pink peppercorn and chives, roasted garlic and rosemary and caramelised onion and chevre makes a divine combination. It fits perfectly on your cheese platter, can be snacked on with crackers or crudités, adds a wonderful layer to your bagel or sandwich and even compliments your bread basket during dinner or a picnic.
Talking about flavoured butters, nothing makes a grilled steak or roasted vegetables sing quite like flavourful butter, all melted on top and pooling in its own sauce. Flavored butters are your next secret weapon for emergency entertainment. No matter the occasion or the meal, they are taste enhancers, dressing up simple roasts or jazzing up steamed vegetables. The magic of flavored butters such as honey mustard or ginger chili (one being slightly sweet and other being spicy) is that their real essence pours out during cooking your tailored recipes. The honey mustard butter pairs very well with an apple and brie sandwich or grilled white asparagus while the ginger chili butter can be piled on a roti or just toasted bread for a quick snack! The possibilities are endless. All it takes is a little pat of flavored butter and the most ordinary of meals — steamed rice, pancakes or mashed potatoes instantly become special. If you have a sweet tooth, slather the delicious cranberry butter on your chocolate waffles or french toast.
The author is regional head of Foodhall