Description
A warm and delightful goat cheese appetizer featuring a creamy goat cheese log baked with sweet orange apricot marmalade, then topped with crunchy pistachios and fragrant thyme. Perfect for entertaining, this easy-to-make dip pairs wonderfully with crostini, bread, or crackers.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 10 ounces goat cheese log
- 1/2 cup orange apricot marmalade, or preserves or jam of any flavor*
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped pistachios
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme (or 1 teaspoon dried thyme)
- Crostini, bread, or crackers, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking the appetizer.
- Prepare Base: Spread 1/3 cup of the preserves evenly in a small baking dish to create a flavorful base for the goat cheese.
- Arrange Cheese and Topping: Place the goat cheese log on top of the preserves in the baking dish, then spread the remaining 2 tablespoons of preserves over the cheese.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes until the cheese is warmed through and slightly softened.
- Add Garnishes: Remove the baking dish from the oven and sprinkle the finely chopped pistachios and chopped fresh thyme over the warm goat cheese.
- Serve: Serve this warm goat cheese appetizer as a dip with crostini, bread, or crackers for an easy and elegant starter.
Notes
- This warm goat cheese appetizer is ideal for entertaining with just four simple ingredients.
- Feel free to substitute the orange apricot marmalade with any favorite preserve or jam flavor to customize the taste.
- Use fresh thyme for the best flavor, but dried thyme works well as a substitute if fresh is unavailable.
- Serve immediately while warm for the best texture and taste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 of recipe
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 140mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
