Ingredients:

  • One bag of Tortilla Chips
  • 200g Smoked Bacon
  • 100g Darú
  • 100g Cooleeney
  • 100g Dunbarra Pepper Brie
  • (Optional – homemade salsa, jalapeno peppers, dried onions)
  • Paprika to garnish

For Glaze: 

Egg wash - some beaten egg with a little milk

Method:

A great snack idea using Cooleeney farm cheeses is Nachos with smoked bacon & triple cheese sauce The best three cheeses for this sauce are Darú Hard Cheese, Soft Cheese & Peppered Brie & it's simple to make all you have to do is get some smoked streaky bacon & cut into small pieces fry in oil till crispy when cooked put the bacon onto a piece of kitchen paper until later, now to make the cheese sauce, simply grate the Darú into a pan and crumble the Cooleeney and Dunbarra Pepper. Put the pan on a gentle heat and slowly add the milk until the mix becomes a smooth sauce (making sure to have it too thin). Remove from the heat and add the smoked bacon. Take one bag of Tortilla chips and add to a large dish. Pour the sauce all over the chips and add some homemade salsa or jalapeno peppers, if desired or alternatively dried onion pieces and some paprika to garnish.

(Recipe prepared by Chef, Keith Kenny from La Banca Restaurant, Lucan, Dublin).