Ravinder Bhogal’s cheese recipes: cauli pie, dauphinoise and toastie

Ravinder Bhogal’s lime pickle chilli cheese toasties (left) curried cauliflower cheese pie (top and potato and greens dauphinoise. Photograph: Matt Russell/The Guardian. Food and prop styling: Kitty Coles.

It’s hard to resist the charms of cheese. I fall hard for it all; the lactic tang of a sharp cheddar, the alluring stretch of mozzarella, the saline crumble of a pungent pecorino. Cheese doesn’t really need a companion to be spectacular, but many dishes are improved by it. It adds texture, warmth, fragrance. And most of all, pleasure..

Potato and greens dauphinoise with fontina