Savory Rosemary Goat Cheese Quick Bread Food

GOAT CHEESE AND FIG QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Center a rack in the oven and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat an 8- to 9-inch loaf pan with baking spray (or butter the pan).
• Cut the goat cheese into 1/2-inch pieces. It's a sticky, messy job, so don't aim for perfection. Refrigerate the cheese until needed.
• In a small bowl, toss together the figs, parsley, rosemary and thyme; keep at hand.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Working in a medium bowl, whisk the eggs until blended, then whisk in the milk, oil and honey.
• Pour the wet ingredients over the flour mixture, and, using a sturdy spatula, stir until the dough is almost blended. You'll still see streaks of flour, and that's fine. Scatter the fig mixture over the dough, and then cover with the chilled bits of goat cheese. Grate the zest of the clementine or tangerine over the cheese. Using as few strokes as possible, stir everything together. Once again, it might not be perfect, and, once again, that's fine. Scrape the dough into the pan, and use the spatula to poke the dough into the corners and to even the bumpy top.
• Bake for 34 to 38 minutes or until the top is golden, the cake has started to pull away from the sides of the pan, and, most important, a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Unmold the cake onto a rack, turn it right side up and let it cool. You can serve the cake when it's slightly warm (it's not so easy to cut then, but it's delicious) or when it is at room temperature. Cut into thick slices. Wrapped well, the cake will keep for a day or two at room temperature.

LEMON ROSEMARY MARINATED GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Combine lemon zest, rosemary, and olive oil.
• Place goat cheese in a baking dish or on a large plate and spoon marinade over the top. Season with gray salt and pepper. Refrigerate and let marinate.

HERBED GOAT CHEESE ON FLAT BREAD

Steps:

• Combine first five ingredients, salt and freshly ground black pepper together in a mixing bowl and stir well until evenly combined. Transfer mixture into a disposable piping bag fitted with a star tip.
• Lay out crackers or chips and pipe a round rosette of goat cheese mixture onto each one. Top rosette with a small sprig of fresh dill. Serve immediately.

SAVORY MUFFINS WITH GOAT CHEESE, ROSEMARY AND KALAMATA OLIVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees and adjust oven rack to lower-middle position.
• Prepare the first three ingredients and set aside.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer til fluffy.
• In a separate bowl, whisk mustard and eggs together.
• Beat the mustard-egg mixture into the sugar and butter mixture until pea-sized lumps form (wet ingredients).
• Stir the Kalamata olives into the wet ingredients.
• Stir the goat cheese and the rosemary into the dry ingredients.
• Alternating by thirds, stir the dry ingredients and the yogurt into the wet ingredients until a very thick batter forms.
• Lightly oil 12 large muffin tins of 1/2 cup capacity or four mini-muffin tins with vegetable oil or spray.
• Divide batter evenly among the cups (a spring-action regular or mini ice cream scoop works). Muffin cups will be full.
• Bake until golden brown about 25 minutes for large muffins or 10-12 minutes for the minis.
• Cool slightly in the pan, then remove and serve!
• ALTERNATE FLAVORING to sub for the first three ingredients are: 1 cup crumbled feta cheese, 1 tablespoon dried oregano and 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes. This combo was great, too!

SAVORY ROSEMARY GOAT CHEESE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch loaf pan.Place the egg in a medium bowl; whisk in the milk and 4 tablespoons butter. (It's okay if there are still small chunks of butter remaining after whisking.)In a large bowl, mix together the flours, baking powder, rosemary and salt with a fork. Add the egg mixture and stir with a wooden spoon just until combined. Sprinkle the raisins and goat cheese over the batter; gently fold in with just 2 or 3 strokes.Pour into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the bread comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool slightly, and slice.Source: foodnetwork.comRecipe formatted with the Cook'n Recipe Software from DVO Enterprises.