Herbed Goat Cheese Mousse with Tuile Cracker
serve with Salad Greens
recipe
and photograph creations by Peggy Bucholz for www.finedinings.com
Recipe Type: cheese, mousse, tuille cracker, cream, first course entree, appetizer
Prep Time: 35 min
Total Time 35 min
Yield: 2 crackers
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
Herbed Goat Cheese Mousse
4 ounces herbed goat cheese
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon dried Thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
Cracker
3-1/2 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon fine salt
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1 egg white
1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
Instruction:
Herbed Goat Cheese Mousse
Mix the herbed goat cheese, cream and dried Thyme together, add
salt and pepper according to your taste. Put the herbed goat mousse on a flat plate and shape into a
3-1/2" long x 1-1/2" wide x 1/2" rectangle
(slightly smaller than the tuile crackers). Cover and place in
refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes to firm up.
Cracker
Make a cardboard template stencil cutout 4-inches by
2-inches. Set aside to make the batter for the cracker.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a small bowl whisk flour, sugar, salt and butter to a smooth
consistency. Incorporate egg white whisking until well
blended and resembles cake batter.
Place a Silpat silicone baking mat or parchment paper on a baking sheet, put the cardboard template
stencil on the Silpat baking mat. With an offset spatula spread a
small amount of the batter smoothly over
the cutout template. Be sure to make the tuile crackers thick,
do not make them paper thin, they are very fragile and break
easily. You will need two per person. Lift the template up, (you will have a
rectangle of dough on the Silpat 4" x 2"). Sprinkle the dough with black sesame
seeds. Bake for 4 to 6 minutes or until the tuile
crackers are lightly brown and bubbly. Remove from oven to cool.
To serve place one
tuille cracker on individual plate. Using a wide spatula transfer
the herbed goat cheese mousse onto a
baked tuille cracker placing it against the edge of the cracker on
one long side to stand up easier. Add another cracker to enclose like
a 'sandwich'. Place upright on their side (see my
photograph). Serve with mesclun salad greens tossed with my outstanding
Lemon Vinaigrette.
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Wine
recommendation: Pinot Gris; Pinot
Noir |
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