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October 2, 2019

Fleur de Chèvre goat cheese balls

Modern appetizing is made easy with these fleur de chèvre goat cheese balls, inspired by a sumptuous dinner held recently with The Feed Feed and Goat Cheeses of France.

What could be better than a fun mix of sweet and savory flavors all wrapped in a sphere of creamy chèvre? I had to recreate these as soon as I got home!

The ingredients here are flexible: yes, you need a great goat cheese, but you can mix and match the “rub” coating to your liking with different edible flowers, dried fruit, nuts, herbs etc. Here I used mint, lavender, chives, furikake, almonds and hazelnuts, flowers, and dried cherries, but add and subtract as needed for a punch of flavor. After refrigerating the goat cheese balls, you roll them in the rub, like truffles, before serving.  And they look like little gems – so beautiful!


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Fleur de Chèvre goat cheese balls
Author: Adapted from Chef Ryan Ross
Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: French
Prep time:  10 mins
Cook time:  30 mins
Total time:  40 mins
Serves: 30
 
Sweet and savory chèvre goat cheese balls
Ingredients
  • 11 oz plain chèvre goat cheese
  • 2 T honey
  • 1 t olive oil
  • a pinch of fleur de sel
  • 2 cups blend of finely and coursely chopped coating "rub"
Instructions
  1. Let chèvre soften slightly at room temperature, then use a fork to combine it with honey, olive oil, and salt.
  2. Scoop about one half of a tablespoon of goat cheese and roll into a ball, you should get between 30-35 goat cheese "truffles." Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet or a silpat and refrigerate for about 20-30 minutes.
  3. To make the coating "rub," combine chopped up edible flower petals, herbs, seeds, nuts, and dried fruits - the more the merrier.
  4. Roll the chilled goat cheese balls in the rub, coat well and keep chilled before serving.
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Serve alongside toasted bread, savory or sweet crackers, or fruit and port. These will be sure to wow your guests at the next aperitif hour!

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  1. AvatarOur Growing Paynes says

    October 4, 2019 at 3:06 pm

    I used to love cheese balls as a kid but these look way better!

    Reply
    • saffronandhoneysaffronandhoney says

      October 5, 2019 at 1:38 am

      Glad you like them!

      Reply
  2. AvatarAnna says

    October 9, 2019 at 12:23 pm

    We did it! Delicious! And look beautiful:)

    Reply
    • saffronandhoneysaffronandhoney says

      October 11, 2019 at 2:39 pm

      Excellent! Happy you liked them 🙂

      Reply

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