Arugula Salad Warm Goat Cheese with Black Olive Vinaigrette

Arugula Salad Warm Goat Cheese with Black Olive Vinaigrette

Name: Arugula Salad Warm Goat Cheese with Black Olive Vinaigrette
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: bread cubes, dry; thyme; rosemary leaves; goat (chevre) cheese; olive oil; olive oil, extra-virgin; garlic cloves; white wine vinegar; black olives; salt and black pepper; arugula (roquette); radicchio

Submitted by happyzhangbo

Baked seasoned warm goat cheese adds a nice zing into the salad, fresh arugula and radicchio have the slightly peppery taste, perfectly match the olive vinaigrette and creamy goat cheese.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

8 min

COOK

6 min

READY

16 min

Ingredients

CUP BREAD CUBES, DRY
plain *

2 ¼

TEASPOONS THYME
freshly minced *

2 ¼

TEASPOONS ROSEMARY LEAVES
freshly minced

OUNCES GOAT (CHEVRE) CHEESE
1 small log, cut into 6 equal rounds

TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL

TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL, EXTRA-VIRGIN

SMALL GARLIC CLOVES
freshly minced or pressed, or 1 medium *

TABLESPOONS WHITE WINE VINEGAR
red or white

⅓

CUP BLACK OLIVES
up to 1/2 cup, oil-cured, pitted and finely chopped *

X SALT AND BLACK PEPPER
to taste *

CUPS ARUGULA (ROQUETTE)
baby arugula, loosely packed, 4 large bunches

CUPS RADICCHIO
washed, dried, and leaves torn into bite-size pieces, 1 medium *

Directions

Positon the rack to the center of the oven, then preheat the oven to 375℉ (190℃).

Add the bread crumbs and 1 teaspoon each of the thyme and rosemary to a shallow plate, and toss until evenly mixed.

Brush 2 tablespoons of olive oil all over the goat cheese rounds and gently press both sides and edges into the bread crumb mixture to coat evenly with bread crumb mixture (This step can be finished up to 1 hour before serving and chilled on a baking sheet in the fridge until ready to bake).

Add the garlic, vinegar, olives, remaining thyme and rosemary, salt, and black pepper to taste into a small bowl, and whisk until well blended.

Slowly pour in 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil and whisk until well mixed, set aside.

Just before serving, bake the prepared goat cheese rounds in the preheated oven until warmed up and a few brown spots appear, about 6 minutes.

Meanwhile, stir the vinaigrette again, in a large bowl toss the arugula and radicchio with the vinaigrette until evenly coated.

Divide the mixed greens among 6 serving plates.

Place one warm goat cheese round on top of each salad.

Serve and enjoy.