Spanish Sweet-Sour Fried Goat Cheese
It is indisputable that Spain has the best Spanish tapas, after all, it is the country that created them, but the most innovative are found in the southern region of the country.We are talking about the fried goat cheese, this recipe has a twist and, unlike other tapas, it can work as a savory dish or as a sweet dish.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 9 oz (250g) goat cheese
- 2 beaten eggs
- ½ cup (100g) breadcrumbs
- 1 cup (150g) flour
- Salt to taste
- olive oil for frying
- ½ cup (200g) honey
- Salad of your choice for plating
Instructions
- Keep the goat cheese in the fridge until it is time to coat and fry it. You can cut the cheese into rounded or triangle slices, depending on the shape of the piece of cheese you have.
- On a plate, beat the egg with salt.
- Now grab two plates, in one of them put the flour and on the other one put the breadcrumbs.
- In a frying pan, start to heat plenty of virgin olive oil (you can use any oil you want) over medium heat.
- While it is heating, pass the cheese through the egg, then through the flour, then through the egg again, and then through the breadcrumbs. You can repeat this one more time if you want an extra crunchy one.
- When the oil in the pan is hot, add cheese and let it brown first on one side, then turn it over to brown on the other, it will take 3 minutes on each side.
- When you remove the cheese from the pan, place it on absorbent kitchen paper to remove excess oil.
- Put them on a plate next to some salad and drizzle honey on top (if your honey is hard then heat it to melt). You can also put the honey in a mini bowl so each person dips the fried goat cheese in as much honey as they want.
Notes
- For this fried cheese ball recipe you could add more seasoning, but the key is to let the flavors of the honey and goat cheese shine through.
- An alternative to pan frying cheese is to cook it in an air fryer or oven, it has to be at a high temperature in both cases and it would take 20 to 30 minutes until it is golden (flipping halfway through).
