Wilted Bitter Greens with Crispy Walnut Goat Cheese

Name: Wilted Bitter Greens with Crispy Walnut Goat Cheese
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters baby arugula, washed; 2 heads Belgian endive, cut into 1/2-inch lengths crosswise; 4 slices Pullman loaf bread, or other tight crumb white bread, crusts removed; 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard; 2 eggs, beaten with 1 tablespoon water; 1 bunches fresh chives, finely chopped; 1 bunches fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped; 312 grams log goat cheese, cut into 6 equal pieces; 6 servings Kosher salt; 6 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 1 head radicchio, cut into bite-size pieces; 1 shallot, minced; 2 Tbsps sherry vinegar; 177 milliliters walnuts

Wilted Bitter Greens with Crispy Walnut Goat Cheese requires around 1 hour and 50 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 449 calories, 17g of protein, and 37g of fat. This recipe serves 6. It is If you have sherry vinegar, shallot, dijon mustard, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the eggs you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert. It works well as a pretty expensive main course.

Instructions

For the goat cheese: In a food processor, pulse the walnuts until they are coarsely chopped. Tear the bread into pieces and pulse in the food processor with the chopped walnuts until they become coarse breadcrumbs.

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Coarse Breadcrumbs

Walnuts

Goat Cheese

Bread

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Food Processor

Transfer the breadcrumb mixture to a wide, flat dish. Stir in the chopped chives and parsley. Flatten each piece of goat cheese into a disk and season with salt. Dip each disk in the beaten egg mixture and then coat with the breadcrumbs, packing the crumbs onto each disk. When all the goat cheese has been coated, chill them in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

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Breadcrumbs

Goat Cheese

Parsley

Chives

Salt

Dip

Egg

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.

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Oven

To help facilitate the frying process, pop the disks in the freezer for 15 minutes before frying.

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Pop

Coat a large, nonstick saute pan generously with olive oil and bring to a medium-high heat. Carefully fry the goat cheese disks in the hot oil on both sides until they are golden brown and crispy, about 2 minutes per side.

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Goat Cheese

Olive Oil

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

When all of the disks have been fried, keep them warm in the oven.

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Oven

Remove the oil and any burned bits from the pan and give a splash of new oil. Reduce the heat to low, add the shallots to the pan, and let them cook as the pan cools slightly.

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Shallot

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the Dijon and sherry vinegar to the pan and whisk to combine.

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Sherry Vinegar

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Whisk

Frying Pan

Add the radicchio, arugula, and endive and season with salt. Toss to fully incorporate with the vinaigrette and to allow the salad to slightly wilt. Taste to make sure it is delicious.

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Vinaigrette