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Crisp Pasta and Goat Cheese Salad

Yields:4 servings
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation30 minutes
Cooking5 minutes
Ready In35 minutes

Ingredients

12 each wonton wrappers
1 x corn oil for frying
4 ounces goat (chevre) cheese
1 ounce cream cheese
1 ounce sour cream about 2 tablespoons
1 tablespoon chives chopped
1 tablespoon parsley leaves fresh
1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves fresh
1 teaspoon garlic chopped
1 teaspoon shallots chopped
1 x black pepper freshly ground
4 each palm hearts, cut into 1/4 inch slices
16 each cherry tomatoes or yellow teardrop tomatoes
--- Salad Dressing
2 tablespoons dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 teaspoon white pepper
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
5 tablespoons olive oil, extra-virgin
--- Salad Mix
1 head boston lettuce
1 1/4 heads red lettuce
1 head belgian endive
1/2 head radicchio

Directions

In a pan in hot corn oil, deep-fry the wonton skins, one at a time until crisp, about 15 seconds per side (do not allow oil to smoke).

Set aside.

In a bowl, thoroughly mix the goat cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, chives, parsley, thyme, garlic, and shallots.

Season to taste with the freshly ground pepper.

Set aside.

Dressing: In an electric blender, place the mustard, garlic, salt, pepper, and vinegar.

With blender running, slowly add the olive oil in a thin, steady stream until mixture is thickened to dressing consistency.

Set aside.

To prepare the lettuce: Separate the lettuce leaves; then tear each leaf into bite-size pieces.

In a large bowl, toss the lettuce and dressing, using just enough of dressing to evenly coat all the pieces.

Set aside.

Assembly of Salads: Spread over one side of each deep-fried wonton skin some of the goat cheese mixture.

On 4 plates, place a wonton, cheese- side up. Stack some of the lettuce pieces on the wonton.

Top with a second wonton, cheese-side down.

Some of the lettuce will spread out onto the plate.

Garnish each salad with heart of palm slices and cherry/yellow teardrop tomato halves drizzled with the remaining salad dressing.

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Member Review

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Good As Gold Chicken (Like Kfc's and Boston's)

Tasty but I think it needed a little more salt or maybe another tablespoon of honey to give it that extra flavour. Maybe next time I'll add some soy sauce. I'll try the recipe slightly different next time and see how we go.

 
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