Almond-crusted Fried Goat Cheese With Honey
This delicious tapas recipe for fried goat cheese with honey and almonds is one of my favorites. Everyone loves it and people always request the recipe! For an easy and impressive goat cheese and honey combination, you're in the right place!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- ½ cup of crushed or ground almonds (I used raw Marcona almonds and put them in a Ziploc bag and then crushed them with a meat tenderizer.)
- 5 Ritz crackers or any other butter cracker, crushed
- 2 egg yolks
- 4 (about ⅓ inch thick) slices of firm goat cheese (don't use soft chevre for this)
- Olive oil for frying
- Floral honey (I used orange blossom honey)
Instructions
- Crush the almonds and crackers using a food processor (or by hand -- I put them in a heavy ziploc bag and crush with the smooth side of a meat mallet or a rolling pin), mix together and then spread on a plate.
- Lightly beat the egg yolks in a wide bowl.
- Coat each slice of cheese in the egg yolks, making sure the entire slice is covered.
- Coat in the almond/cracker breading-- again, make sure all parts of the cheese are equally covered.
- Heat the oil to medium high (but don't let it smoke) and fry the cheese until golden brown on each side, flipping carefully with a spatula after about 1-2 minutes per side.
- Let them rest on paper towels for a minute and then serve right away topped with your favorite honey.