Easiest Goat Cheese Appetizer Evah!

I am a huge goat cheese fan, and I’m always looking for easy ways to incorporate it. I even stumbled across a cookbook that specializes in goat cheese recipes — TASIA’S TABLE: Cooking with the Artisan Cheesemaker at Belle Chèvre. I’ve tried making fried goat cheese, but it doesn’t like to hold together. So in searching for another delivery mechanism, I give you, baked goat cheese. This is the simplest, best tasting appetizer you will ever serve. A version of this is on the menu at The Pub in Nashville, an awesome, authentic British pub downtown.

Ingredients

  • 1 small brick herbed goat cheese

  • 1 small brick regular goat cheese

  • Your favorite marinara (I love Mezetta’s)

  • Fresh pita bread

  • Basil

  • EVOO

Directions

  1. Preheat over to 350 degrees

  2. Mix the two bricks of cheese together in a bowl

  3. Spread into a baking dish, a medium ramekin is perfect

  4. Run a thick line of Marinara along the top — keep some for later

  5. Drizzle with EVOO

  6. Bake for 25 minutes

  7. Top with 2 leaves of fresh sweet basil

  8. Cut pita bread into small triangles and start dipping

Appetizers, VegetarianJ.T. EllisonComment