Description
A simple recipe to make a light, tasty meal. Learn how to make this Goat's Cheese Salad in just a few steps.
Ingredients
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Salad Dressing
- 125ml (1/2 cup) olive oil
- 45 ml (3 tbsp) balsamic vinegar
- 3g (1/2 tsp) dijon mustard
- 1 shallot, chopped finely
- 1 clove or garlic, crushed
- 3g (1 tbsp) fresh chives, chopped
Fried Goat’s Cheese
- 2 rolls of goat’s cheese, with rind
- 60ml (1/4 cup) vegetable oil
- 150g (1 cup) plain flour
- 180g (1 1/2 cup) panko crumbs
- 1 large egg
Salad
- 200g (6 2/3 cup) spinach, washed
- 12g (2 tbsp) walnuts, crushed
- 8 sundried tomato halves, roughly chopped
Instructions
- For the Salad Dressing: In a mixing bowl, whisk together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar and the dijon mustard until thicken and fully combined. Stir through the shallot, garlic and chives. Set aside.
- For the Fried Goat’s Cheese: Cut the goat’s cheese into 3cm (1½ inch) rounds.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat.
- Place the flour on one plate, the panko crumbs on another and in a bowl whisk the egg.
- Coat the goat's cheese rounds in the flour then dip in the egg and finally coat with the panko crumbs.
- Place the coated goat’s cheese rounds into the frying pan and cook on both sides until golden brown. This should take about 1 or 2 minutes on each side.
- Plate the spinach and toss through the dressing, sprinkle the walnuts and sundried tomatoes over and then top with your fried goat's cheese rounds. I drizzled some balsamic glaze over the top but this is just for aesthetics.
- Serve immediately. Enjoy!
Notes
- You can substitute the walnuts for other nuts if you like. I find pine nuts work well too.
- If you are looking for a slightly healthier option, swap out the fried goats cheese and get the rindless goats cheese and sprinkle that over. I.e. leave it uncooked.
- You can use normal breadcrumbs instead of the panko crumbs. I just prefer panko.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Main
- Method: Pan fry
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 826
- Sugar: 6.9 g
- Sodium: 528.1 mg
- Fat: 54.7 g
- Saturated Fat: 20.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 68.5 g
- Fiber: 5.2 g
- Protein: 18.7 g
- Cholesterol: 58 mg