With much appreciation to Harish Parsad, head chef from Kerr and Ladbrook who created this dish as part of a special menu featuring NZ cheese for the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2025. Harish used Massimo’s Italian Cheeses Burrata serving it with Yuxiang sauce, roasted peanuts, spring onion and sesame. This fusion combo created a satisfying entrée with creamy, nutty, and umami-rich flavours. 

Every Kiwi loves a cheese scone! This delicious recipe tastes all the better for using Barrys Bay Traditional Cheese, Canterbury Red Tetra Pak Champion Retail Cheddar Cheese at the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2025.

Mainland put the word out that they were looking for the best lasagne recipe in New Zealand and so they scoured kitchens from Cape Reinga to Bluff and beyond. They found the cream of the crop in this home-loved Italian special from Robyn. Cheers, Robyn!

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A perfect, no-fuss main that is a hit for the whole family. We love this served with guacamole and a green salad.

Make the dressing ahead to allow its flavours to mingle, overnight is perfect. This dressing will keep for a few days as it makes enough to fill a medium-sized jar - or make half quantity for this amount of cos lettuce.

A good crunch from crisp vegetables together with smooth and creamy NZ Feta, zesty lemon, fresh herbs and an inkling of spice makes for a satisfying dish on a hot day.

A brilliant combination of simple flavours that work wonderfully together. As tomatoes come into season you can swap the oranges for different coloured large ripe tomatoes. A mandoline is helpful to finely slice the oranges and shallot - delicate slices are particularly good with the creamy cheese.

Goat cheese is one of the joys of spring! Lush grass growth prompts goat milking again, which allows cheesemakers to craft fresh goat cheese. Thanks to the team at Woolworths, who shared this recipe. Check out more Woolworths NZ recipes here.

Celebrate spring with fresh asparagus and Gruyere. New Zealand has many great makers of Dutch-style cheeses like Grueyere, look out for award-winning examples from Meyer Cheese, Karikaas and Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese.

Prepped vegetables make great dippers and provide freshness and crunch to a creamy and luscious dip. Try using blanched green beans and snow peas along with red radishes.

So delish - and with only four ingredients and two steps - it's all about the NZ cheese!

Quick and easy NZ cheese spreads are perfect to enjoy anytime! Freshly made is best, but leftovers keep in the fridge. Enjoy on crackers, flatbreads, veggies, and more. 

Wow your friends and whänau with show stopping NZ Cheese Boards tempting them with fine local cheese and seasonal flavours. Start by deciding on the Kiwi cheese you want to use, then gather interesting local foods to enhance your chosen NZ cheese. Follow our simple tips to make your NZ Cheese Board a head turner.