The plan was to use produce available at the market, very little cooking, and have fun. Right away I decided to make a salad with raw beets and arugula and top it off with goat cheese. But I thought it'd be too simple. That's when Sylvie suggested I make goat cheese medallions! What are those? Read to find out. And be sure to check out Sylvie's, Alejandra's and Tammy's blogs for other great cooking ideas!
Raw Beet & Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese Medallions
Note: This recipe doesn't list exact amounts for any of the ingredients. I believe in playing with my food and using as little or as much of any ingredient as I want. I encourage you to do the same!
Ingredients
arugula
beets, peeled & thinly sliced
olive oil
lemon
salt & pepper to taste
dental floss (use the plain kind!)
egg
goat cheese
Panko crumbs
Optional: chopped herbs (I used chives)
Directions
1. In a bowl combine arugula and beets. Drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Using a dental floss, cut goat cheese into ½ inch thick medallions.
3. In a small bowl beat an egg with some salt and pepper.
4. Dunk each goat cheese medallion in the egg mixture then coat with panko crumbs (Optional: feel free to add fresh herbs into your panko crumb mixture or use goat cheese with herbs already mixed in)
5. Heat olive oil in a saute pan. Add your goat cheese medallions and saute on each side until the panko crust is golden brown. Serve immediately on top of the salad.
Our demo went well! Everyone loved the food and some of our Twitter followers and friends came out to support us: THANK YOU!
These photos are from the salad I recreated in my kitchen today for breakfast. Enjoy!
And here is me yesterday at the demo (Thanks to Tammy for the photo!)
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ReplyDeleteSaygılar.
These look delicious. I love fried goat cheese.
ReplyDeleteThat goat cheese cake looks amazing. I've never had raw beets, I'm curious now.
ReplyDeleteJenn
this salad loks awesome!
ReplyDeleteThe Peach Kitchen
peach and things
blowing peachkisses
Those look totally delicious - and super approachable even for people who don't cook (which I totally don't anymore). And I love anything with goat cheese :-)
ReplyDeleteAlso, what do raw beets taste like? I've never had them.
ReplyDeleteoh cool salad and wow what a fun thing to do
ReplyDeletejust lovely....
ReplyDeleteGreat salad. I adore goat's cheese, and its perfect paired up with beetroot like this.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day daaaahling.
*kisses* HH
How fun! I love the idea of the warm goat cheese with the cold, raw beets, just because it's the opposite of how those ingredients are usually served and it's nice to change things up!
ReplyDeleteO that must have been so much fun! (you look like you're having fun anyway..) Love the goatcheese. Looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteGreat summer salad. I've never been a huge beet person, but those medallions look delicious!
ReplyDeleteThat looks SO good- I'm obsessed with goat cheese! You should try this recipe- it's a warm goat cheese salad and it's to die for!
ReplyDeleteI was looking for beet recipes but you had me at "goat cheese medallion". (Drooling).
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, that's a good salad. But, it does turn my pee pink. Wait...is that TMI?!
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