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Herb And Lemon Goat Cheese Spread

Delicious with toasted bread, as presented here, or with celery sticks, red bell pepper strips or Belgian endive leaves.

Courses: Dips and Spreads, Starters and appetizers
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

5 oz 142gSoft fresh goat cheese - (abt 3/4 cup) - room temperature
2 teaspoons 10mlChopped fresh thyme
2 teaspoons 10mlGrated lemon peel
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1   Garlic clove - minced
5 teaspoons 25mlOlive oil
16   French-bread baguette slices - toasted

Recipe Instructions

Place goat cheese in small bowl. Mix thyme, lemon peel and garlic in another small bowl; season with ground black pepper. Mix half of thyme mixture into goat cheese. Add olive oil to remaining half of thyme mixture.

Form cheese into 2 1/2-inch round; flatten slightly. Place in center of plate. Spoon oil-thyme mixture over top of cheese. Surround cheese with baguette slices and serve.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Per serving: calories, 193; total fat, 9 g; saturated fat, 4 g; cholesterol, 14 mg.

Source:
Bon Appetit, May 1999

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