Dairy recipe collection

Homemade mozzarella cheese from scratch, an overnight cultured process using whole milk, buttermilk, yogurt and rennet to produce 2 pounds of glossy, stretchable Italian pasta filata. The real traditional method.

Fried mozzarella slices double-breaded with Italian breadcrumbs, layered with spaghetti sauce and Locatelli cheese, then baked until bubbly. Italian-American comfort food.

Baked mozzarella penne with Roma tomatoes, fresh basil, and Parmesan in a quick tomato sauce. A 30-minute dinner for two with a golden, bubbly cheese top.

Mozzarella salad with sun-dried tomatoes, capers, and romaine in a simple extra-virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing. A 10-minute Italian-style composed salad.

Caprese salad: fresh mozzarella and ripe summer tomatoes layered with torn basil, dressed with red wine vinegar and good olive oil. The Italian classic that proves three ingredients are sometimes enough.

Quiche Lorraine with bacon, Swiss cheese, scallions, and a nutmeg-seasoned egg custard blended until foamy. Topped with pimientos and baked in a flaky pie crust.

Mrs. Claus' cookies are a holiday drop cookie loaded with chopped figs, currants, walnuts, and crisp rice cereal, subtly spiced with mace. Vintage Christmas cookie tin charm in every bite.

Chocolate peppermint pinwheel torte with crushed candy cane filling and whipped cream frosting. Stunning Christmas dessert made from a cake roll cut into spirals.

Double chocolate peanut butter cookies with melted semisweet chocolate swirled into peanut butter dough, loaded with milk chocolate chips, and topped with a whole peanut. Thick, fudgy, and bakery-sized.

Old-fashioned brownies with unsweetened chocolate, butter, pecans, and a simple creamed batter. A vintage one-bowl recipe that bakes in 25 minutes flat.

Mudslide brownies spiked with Kahlua, Irish cream, and vodka, made with real unsweetened chocolate and walnuts. Finished with a Kahlua powdered sugar glaze.

These cookies are very tasty and rich, not too sweet, but enough chocolate flavor.

New Orleans-style muffaletta on focaccia piled with ham, turkey, provolone, and a tangy olive relish of green olives, artichokes, anchovies, capers, and garlic. Chilled overnight for full flavor.

Mash-up casserole layering chili beans, green chiles, pimento olives, and roasted red peppers under a fluffy egg-and-cheese custard. New Orleans muffaletta meets Tex-Mex chiles rellenos.

Muffaletta-style po-boys with ham, salami, mozzarella, and olive salad on French rolls broiled until bubbly. A quick New Orleans-inspired sandwich ready in 15 minutes.

Two-in-one muffin tin breakfast with eggs baked in turkey ham cups alongside fresh muffins. One pan, one bake, and a complete breakfast ready in 30 minutes.