
On Sunday I went with my family to the Famers Market in Schull, West Cork, which is always a nice trip as there’s always a great atmosphere and even better food. The Gubbeen Cheese stall has to be my favourite and I quickly bought a big chunk of their soft goats cheese and cranberry roulade, and also a small wheel of their Gubbeen Oak Smoked Cheese (my personal favourite). I have been working my way through the cheese since then and last night decided to try it in a pasta dish, so below is the recipe I dreamt up. The oyster mushrooms and bacon really compliment the smokey cheese and the walnuts give a nice little bite!
Gubbeen Cheese has been a family favourite for years. We went on a tour of the Gubbeen dairy and smokehouse when we were small and the fascination has grown since then! There’s obviously a sense of pride that such a famous cheese comes from Cork, and it’s important to support our local producers, but more importantly it tastes amazing. Its a really good Irish cheese and you can get it almost anywhere, so I would definitely recommend giving it a try.

Ingredients (serves 2):
100g Gubbeen Oak Smoked Cheese grated
70mls milk
1 egg yolk
12 oyster mushrooms sliced
4 rashers (smoked or streaky would be best)
Bunch of scallions finely chopped
1 clove garlic finely chopped
Handful walnuts chopped
Pasta (I used spelt pasta but just use your favourite)
Salt & Pepper
Olive Oil
- Heat some oil in a pan on a medium flame, add the garlic and scallions. Cover the pan with a lid to sweat them to prevent them from going crispy.
- Cut bacon into lengths (approx 1 inch by 1 cm in shape) and add to pan and let cook away for 5 minutes. Put your pasta into a saucepan filled with boiling water, some salt and oil and let to cook away.
- When bacon is cooked, add the sliced mushrooms and walnuts and cover with lid to allow to sweat.
- When pasta is cooked, drain and add to pan with the bacon and veg.
- Mix the egg, cheese and milk and add to the pan- let it cook for about a minute or so (before the egg starts to cook!). Give it a good stir to make sure the pasta is coated evenly with your cheese sauce and the sauce is heated enough.
- Remove from heat, season with salt and pepper and serve in deep bowls! Enjoy!


Looks amazing Emma!! 🙂
What a lovely blog and a delicious dish – promise to cook it for Tom and
Fingal when I get back next week! Many thanks, Giana – Gubbeen
Hi Giana- Thanks for taking a look at the recipe! I really enjoyed it, but then again I would eat most things with Gubbeen in the ingredients 🙂 Let me know how you get on giving it a go! Emma