Goat Cheese Ice Cream With Fennel Lemon And Honey Food

CREAMY GOAT CHEESE AND HONEY

Steps:

• Divide the goat cheese into 12 equal portions. Roll each portion into a ball. Combine the crushed pecans and cinnamon in a bowl. Roll each goat cheese ball in the pecan mixture until covered. Gently pat the balls into patties; transfer to a serving plate. Drizzle honey over the patties and sprinkle rosemary on top. Serve immediately.

GOAT CHEESE-BLUEBERRY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Heat milk, sugar, and 1 tablespoon lavender honey over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Stir until honey and sugar have dissolved, about 1 minute. Set aside to cool briefly.
• Place goat cheese in a bowl and pour lukewarm milk mixture on top. Stir until smooth. Mix in cream. Refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Combine blueberries, water, and 1 tablespoon lavender honey in a saucepan over medium-low heat and slowly bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated. Mash berries with a wooden spoon until mixture resembles chunky jam. Refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Pour goat cheese mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions until it starts to thicken, about 10 minutes. Add blueberry mixture a little at a time; continue freezing, about 10 minutes more. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until firm, about 4 hours.
• Remove from freezer 20 minutes before serving.

GOAT CHEESE MARINATED IN ROSEMARY, FENNEL, AND HOT RED PEPPER

Steps:

• In a 1-pint jar with a tight-fitting lid combine the cheese with the fennel seeds, the red pepper flakes, the rosemary, and the lemon zest, pour enough of the oil over the mixture to cover the cheese completely, and let the cheese marinate, covered, and chilled, for at least 1 week and up to 4 weeks. Let the mixture come to room temperature before serving.

GOAT'S MILK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Heat goat milk and vanilla on stovetop until almost boiling; while waiting go to next step.
• Beat egg yolks and sugar for two minutes; until sugar is almost dissolved.
• When the milk mixture starts to come to a boil, take it off the stove and mix in with the egg/sugar mixture.
• Stir well until no sugar crystals remain.
• Put the ice cream mixture in the refrigerator (about 20-30 minutes) to cool it down.
• After it's cooled down a bit, you're ready to make ice cream! Put the mixture into an ice cream maker for 20-30 minutes (I use Cuisinart).
• Enjoy your homemade treat!

GOAT CHEESE WITH HONEY

Steps:

• Drizzle half a tablespoon of honey over each round and sprinkle with some of the zest.
• Serve with toast, crackers, graham crackers, and/or cookies.

GOAT CHEESE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Warm the milk and sugar in a medium saucepan. While the milk is warming, crumble the goat cheese into a large bowl and set a mesh strainer on top.
• In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks. Slowly pour the warm mixture into the egg yolks, whisking constantly, then scrape the warmed egg yolks back into the saucepan.
• Stir the mixture constantly over medium heat with a heatproof spatula, scraping the bottom as you stir, until the mixture thickens and coats the spatula. Pour the custard through the strainer and stir it into the goat cheese. Keep stirring until the cheese is melted, then stir until cool over an ice bath.
• Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Mix the cheese course and dessert by serving Goat Cheese Ice Cream with Honey and Walnuts. Toast some very delicious walnut halves (see page 13) and let cool. To serve, drizzle a scoop of Goat Cheese Ice Cream with strongly flavored honey (I like chestnut or lavender honey). Scatter the toasted walnut halves over the top.