UK~Warm goat's cheese salad with an apple vinaigrette

Gordon Ramsay Cookalong
Warm goat's cheese salad with an apple vinaigrette

Serves 4
Ingredients
4 x 70g individual soft goat’s cheeses with rind e.g. Gevrik
Few sprigs of thyme
2 baby gem lettuces, washed
40g lamb’s lettuce, washed
50g walnut halves
4 slices of white bread
Olive oil
Salt
Black pepper
For the vinaigrette
½ lemon, juice only
1 tbsp walnut oil
½ apple, such as Granny Smith or Bramley, grated


Method: How to make warm goat's cheese salad with apple and walnut
vinaigrette
1. Pre heat oven to 200°C/gas 6.
2. Place the goat's cheese on a baking tray. Arrange a walnut half on top of
each cheese. Lightly crush the remaining walnuts with your fingers and set
aside. Drizzle the cheese with olive oil, scatter over the thyme leaves and
season with black pepper.
3. Bake in the oven for 6 minutes, or until the cheese has melted inside but
retained its shape.
4. Shred the baby gems before transferring to a bowl. Add the lamb’s
lettuce and crushed walnuts. Toss to mix.
5. In a separate bowl mix the lemon juice with approximately 1 tablespoon
of walnut oil and 4 tablespoons of olive oil. Grate in half the apple, season
with salt and pepper and mix to combine.
6. Drizzle a little vinaigrette over the salad and toss together.
7. Toast the bread until golden. When ready, use a cleaned out tin can or a
chef's ring to cut the toast into 4 round croutons.
8. To serve, arrange the dressed walnut salad onto serving plates. Place the
crouton on the salad and top with the goat's cheese. Spoon over the
remaining vinaigrette and serve.