Food Ingredients Dairy Cheese How to Put Leftover Cheese to Work In this week's episode of Mad Genius Tips, F&W's Justin Chapple demonstrates chef Richard Blais's brilliant way to make crunchy cheese crisps in the microwave using leftover Parmesan rind. Here, more ways to use up leftover cheese scraps and rinds. By F&W Editors F&W Editors This is collaborative content from Food & Wine's team of experts, including staff, recipe developers, chefs, and contributors. Many of our galleries curate recipes or guides from a variety of sources which we credit throughout the content and at each link. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on May 23, 2017 Photo: Marcus Nilsson In this week's episode of Mad Genius Tips, F&W's Justin Chapple demonstrates chef Richard Blais's brilliant way to make crunchy cheese crisps in the microwave using leftover Parmesan rind. It's quick, it's easy, and it's a super-smart no-waste snack. Here, more ways to use up leftover cheese scraps and rinds. 1. Fromage Fort Fromage fort is the ultimate way of using leftover cheese. Jacques Pépin's father used to combine pieces of Camembert, Brie, Swiss, blue cheese and goat cheese together with his mother's leek broth, some white wine and crushed garlic. These ingredients marinated for a week to a week-and-a-half. Now Pépin's wife, Gloria, makes a milder version in a food processor that takes only seconds. 2. Vegetable Soup with Fennel, Herbs and Parmesan Broth Simmering Parmigiano-Reggiano rinds in the broth gives it a rich, cheesy flavor. It's a great example of the "nothing wasted" approach that Italians take to their cooking. 3. Macaroni and Many Cheeses At the end of their wine-and-cheese parties, cheese-whizzes Helen Jane Hearn and Natalie Wassum gather any leftovers to make an incredible mac and cheese later in the week. 4. Mushroom Bolognese Chef Sarah Grueneberg created this vegetarian version of Bolognese. It's as rich and delicious as the meat version, in part thanks to the Parmigiano-Reggiano rind, which infuses the mushroom sauce with even more umami. 5. Passatelli in Brodo This is a poor man's dish in Emilia-Romagna, with delicious dumplings made from bread, eggs and cheese in a cheese rind–enriched meat broth—home cooking at its best. Fantastic Baked Cheese Recipes Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit