Goats Cheese Salad

Goats Cheese Salad with cranberries

It doesn't matter how tidy I am or how often I put things in piles or file things away or even if I just leave things well alone. I can never, ever find anything.The well known scream of annoyed anguished that rattles through the cottage (and the neighbouring cottages for all I know) punctuated by numerous swear words indicates I am looking for something.

On Boxing Day it was a recipe for a starter. I know it was in a magazine and I knew it was 'just there' when I finished with it. But could I find the bloody thing... no is the answer. I actually don't know why I get so made about not finding things; it has been going on for so long I would have thought I would be use to it by now. But I digress. The starter for the Boxing Day dinner was to be goats cheese with salad leaves and a dressing made from cranberries, oranges, oil and a couple of other things which I couldn't remember. Hence the anguish in locating the recipe. So I made it up. I had neglected to buy oranges anyway so had to make do with Clementine's. Still I thought it made a nice festive touch.

Goats Cheese Salad

Goats Cheese roll
small mixed salad leaves (watercress, rocket etc)
cranberries (a handful per person)
Clementine juice (orange juice was stipulated in the recipe)
cassis
avocado oil (think olive oil was on the ingredients list)
pepper

The goats cheese is cut into portions and either the edge or the cut top/bottom rolled in pepper. These are quickly fried in a hot frying pan. When melted in the middle but still whole remove from the pan. wipe the pan clean and reduce the Clementine juice to concentrate for a few minutes. Add the cranberries and warm through. Remove from the heat, add the cassis, just a splash or two to add flavour, and the avocado oil.

Top the salad leaves with the cheese spoon over the cranberries and the sauce. Serve immediately.

Luckily in not finding the recipe I didn't worry about the exact quantities and just 'did what looked right'. Served with a delicious New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc it seemed to work find.

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