Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
baked goat cheese
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__Emeril Lagasse
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__Japanese proverb
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there is something comforting about the fact that
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It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
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__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
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__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
"Cooking is like love.
It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Baked Goat Cheese
Ingredients:
4 rounds of fresh goat cheese ---
each about 2 and 1/2 inches in diameter, 1/2 inch thickness
1/2 cup olive oil
4 sprigs fresh thyme
1 bay leaf, crumbled
1 cup toasted bread crumbs, very finely ground
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
a dash of red wine vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
4 good-sized handfuls of assorted lettuces
Instructions:
1) Marinate the goat cheese rounds in 1/4 cup olive oil with
the thyme and bay leaf for twenty-four hours.
2) Whisk together the remainin' 1/4 cup of olive oil with the vinegars
and season with salt and pepper.
3) Wash and dry the lettuce leaves.
4) Remove the goat cheese rounds from the marinade,
then dip 'em in the bread crumbs.
5) Put the cheese rounds in a lightly oiled baking dish
and bake in a preheated 450� oven for four to five minutes,
or 'til they're golden brown and bubbly.
6) While the cheese bakes, toss the lettuce leaves with the vinaigrette, then 'em arrange on individual salad plates.
7) Put a cheese round in the centre of each plate with
the browned side up and serve.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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