Friday, 5 February 2010

Grilled Goats Cheese with Seville Orange Marmalade...

After ordering an option similar to this in a local Spanish restaurant a few months ago and being shockingly surprised by how the deliciously tangy marmalade complimented the rich creamy goats cheese so well creating an utterly more'ish dish I knew I had to include this in my menu.

Even better, this was very straight forward to prepare and a delight to eat...

I must however confess that I was a little lazy here in that I did not make my own marmalade but since I had an already formidable task at hand I figured there was no point in adding fuel to the fire and I went for the easy but wise option of selecting a good quality Seville Orange Marmalade from the shops which eminently did the job.

One more thing to note as that I may have gone a little bit overboard with the crisping of the top of my goats cheese resulting in a slightly burnt look on the outer edges of the top. Not to threat though... under that darker than black layer was perfectly grilled and warm crumbly (just the texture I was after) goats cheese akin to untouched snow waiting to be destroyed.

As they say "Never judge a book by its cover!"




The Recipe

The Ingredients

A decent sized round of goats cheese for each person dining (Try to get equally sized portions)
Seville Orange (or similar) Marmalade (A generous dollop needed per person)
Brown Sugar

The Method
Heat the grill.

Place the goats cheese on a non stick tray and sprinkle over the brown sugar.

Pop this under the grill for about 4-5 minutes until the goats cheese begins to bubble and appears slightly crispy on top. Note that there is no need to turn them over. Withdraw from the grill and if you have a cooks blow torch you can use this to finish off the top of the goats cheese.

Place on a serving dish and top with a considerate scoop of marmalade.

And there we have it! Grilled Goats Cheese with Seville Orange Marmalade ready to serve!

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