Important points in cheese cookery

1 Divide cheese finely (grate or sieve). This breaks up the coating

2 Additional extra seasoning to a cheese dish will excite the flow of the digestive juices to deal with the concentrated food, e.g mustard, cayenne pepper.

3 Serve generally in small quantities. Serve often.

4 Mix with starchy foods, which will absorb the fat, e.g bread, macaroni, flour.

5 Cook over a gentle heat for as short a time as possible to prevent hardening of protein.

Cheese for cooking should be kept covered to prevent it becoming hard and dry.