Goat cheese has a distinctive ‘tang’ that we really like.
It comes in as many styles as cow cheese which makes it equally flexible and an easy substitute if you’re looking for something different. One can find soft, medium, hard, flavored, and creamy goat cheese.
We use the creamy style often for pasta and other sauces. It has more flavor than ‘cream cheese’ which I’ve always thought was a bit bland.
Use what you like.
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PrintGoat Cheese & Herb Potato Salad
This is a warm potato salad, perfect for cooler fall days. The warmth of the potatoes combined with the vinaigrette make a creamy dressing.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings
- Category: Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 medium potatoes (10oz, 300gr), cut into bite-size pieces
- 2oz (60gr) soft goat cheese
- large handful of fresh basil leaves, large leaves torn
- 1 tbs fresh, snipped chives
- Vinaigrette:
- 2 tsp Dijon-style mustard
- 1 tbs white wine tarragon vinegar
- 2 tbs salad olive oil
Instructions
- Cook potatoes in boiling, salted water, partially covered, until done, 10 – 12 minutes.
- When done, drain and put into bowl / serving dish.
- Vinaigrette:
- Combine all ingredient for vinaigrette in a bowl and whisk well.
- To finish:
- Add vinaigrette to potatoes and stir to combine.
- Add goat cheese in small bits and stir to melt and combine.
- Add fresh herbs and serve.
Notes
Do not rinse potatoes or allow to cool. Serve warm or room temperature.
Substitute white Balsamic, white wine, or cider vinegar.
Substitute cream cheese for the goat cheese.
Similar but different: Potato Salad with Mushrooms & Goat Cheese
There have been donkeys in the field across from us for a couple of years. We could hear them and look at them with binoculars, but that was it.
This year the farmer planted the neighboring field with sugar beets.
The crop has become popular around here – I don’t know why. It’s labor intensive. The seedlings have to be planted by human hand, so it’s normally a small field.
Because of the humans involved there is also car and tractor traffic which usually means they make a farm track / road next to the field.
Which means we can walk across that field and pet the donkeys.
They were pretty calm, accepting our nose pats.
The one on the left needed to do a closer inspection of my phone:
I was a little worried he would grab it but he was good.
Next time we’ll take carrots.