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Grilled goat’s cheese with garden salad

Grilled goat’s cheese with garden salad

Serves 4



400 gm each   baby green beans and sugar snap peas, trimmed
1 bunch   Dutch carrots (about 8), trimmed
4   radishes, cut into thin wedges
1 cup   (loosely packed) flat-leaf parsley
8   thick sourdough bread slices
120 ml   extra-virgin olive oil
160 gm   goat’s cheese, cut into 8 thick rounds (see note)
2 tsp   Dijon mustard
2 tbsp   white wine vinegar
To scatter over:   organic nasturtium and viola blossoms (optional)


1 Preheat grill to high. Blanch beans and sugar snap peas (30 seconds-1 minute), refresh, transfer to a bowl and set aside. Blanch carrots (1-2 minutes), refresh, combine with beans and peas, add radish and parsley and set aside.
2 Place bread on a baking tray, brush with 40ml oil, season to taste and grill until just golden, turning once (1-2 minutes each side). Place goat’s cheese on each slice and grill until golden and melted (1-2 minutes).
3 Meanwhile, whisk mustard, vinegar and remaining oil in a small bowl, season to taste. Toss through salad, scatter over nasturtiums and violas, serve with goat’s cheese toast.

Note Nasturtiums and violas are available from select greengrocers and farmers’ markets. If unavailable, substitute baby herbs or other edible flowers. You can use any aged goat’s cheese firm enough to slice, such as Le Chevrot.

This recipe is from the December 2009 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine.

RECIPE Alice Storey PHOTOGRAPHY Ben Dearnley STYLING Alice Storey and Emma Knowles

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