Spanish Tapas - Grilled Goat's Cheese on Bed of Lettuce

Name: Spanish Tapas - Grilled Goat's Cheese on Bed of Lettuce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 11 ounces goat cheese; 1 tablespoon oil; 4 cups Baby Spinach (or mixed baby green); 1/2 cup virgin olive oil; 3 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon honey; salt and pepper

Submitted by Deantini

"Spanish Tapas - A simple dish of grilled goat cheese and baby greens, dressed in a honey vinegar vinaigrette"

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photo by K9 Owned

Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

11 ounces goat cheese
1 tablespoon oil
4 cups Baby Spinach (or mixed baby green)
Vinaigrette
¹⁄₂ cup virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
salt and pepper

directions

Set oven on grill.
Vinaigrette: Dissolve the salt, pepper and honey in the vinegar and beat in the virgin olive oil until an emulsion forms.
Cut the cheese into 3/4 inch thick slices and grill in oven until golden.
Place baby greens on plates, dress with the vinaigrette and add the cheese on top.

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Reviews

We loved this salad and I am going to be using this dressing for many other salads this summer. I read the reviews where the goat cheese melted so first I chilled the rounds very well and made sure that the broiler was blazing before I grilled them. They still melted down quite a bit but like the others I didn't mind one - the taste more than made up for any lack in presentaion. Thanks for sharing! made for the Bistro Babes - ZWT 8

K9 Owned
The taste of this salad was phenomenal! The sherry vinegar and honey is a great combination, with the sour and sweet flavors perfectly balanced. I used baby spinach for my greens, and the match was perfect. I had a bit of trouble with the cheese- it actually started to melt instead of getting golden brown on top. Next time I will make sure the broiler is screaming hot before I put the cheese in, hopefully that will solve the problem. In this case, I just took the half melted cheese and distributed over the salad, and it tasted wonderful. I plan to make this again very soon! Thanks for posting!

IngridH
This was yummy! My rounds didn't hold together too well, but I didn't care, it was very good! I loved the dressing! I did scale it down just for me. Thanks! Made for PRMR game.

Sharon123