Tomato Salad with goat cheese, pancetta and walnuts

5 Tomato Salad with goat cheese, pancetta and walnuts

Feb 10

Ok I went a little crazy on this one but I thought I wanted to have every bite a flavor combination explosion in my mouth and I think I did it here. You have the fresh taste of compari tomatoes (use what you have in season) with beautiful goat cheese fried with panko. The balsamic with the olive oil adds sweetness to bring it all together with the rendered salty pancetta. Finished with the nutty crunch of the toasted walnuts and chives. Whew! I just loved this one and this is how I made it.

Tomato Salad with goat cheese, pancetta and walnuts

On 10/02/2011 (Thursday) at 6:36 pm by Benny.
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Details

Prep Time:
10 min
Cook Time:
3 min
Ready Time:
13 min

Servings

2 servings

Ingredients

one pound or so compari tomatoes or any tomato of your choice
handful toasted walnuts
one cup rendered pancetta
Panko bread crumbs
fresh chopped chives

Dressing:

50/50 olive oil and balsamic vinegar blend together

Herb Goat Cheese

one cup fresh goat cheese
one tablespoon olive oil
any fresh herbs of your choice chopped finley and blended with the goat cheese to taste I used chives

Directions

Begin by rendering the pancetta by cutting it into lardons and frying it until almost crisp and set aside.
Now prepare the goat cheese panko fried balls, form the herb goat cheese into a melon ball size, dredge in egg wash and roll in panko and fry at 375 degrees for about a min until golden brown and set aside.

Now to assemble cut the tomato into ¼ inch size pieces scatter on the plate, followed by scattering the walnuts, then plate 3 fried goat cheese balls as shown in the photo, followed by the walnuts, pancetta and finish with the chives then spoon the dressing over and ENJOY!

This one will bring a tomato salad to a whole new place. Perfect light lunch of make a half portion for a starter.

Benny

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About Benny

Passion for healthy amazing food. I am on crusade to get kids eat better and people in general learning how to cook for themselves. If I here that McDonald's is cheaper than eating homemade I will prove anyone wrong.