Baked Goat Cheese with Roasted Garlic and Pull Apart Baguettes
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Baked Goat Cheese with Roasted Garlic and Pull Apart Baguettes
Description
The dish begins by roasting peeled garlic cloves submerged in olive oil until golden and caramelized, softening their pungency into a mellow, sweet taste. Goat cheese mixed with fresh thyme, salt, pepper, and garlic powder is shaped into an oval and placed in a baking dish surrounded by roasted red peppers. The warm garlic-infused olive oil is poured over the cheese and peppers, and the roasted garlic cloves are scattered on top before baking to soften and meld flavors.
Simultaneously, sections of a baguette are sliced at intervals to create pull apart pieces without cutting through, then brushed generously with olive oil infused with thyme, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. These pieces are warmed in the oven, becoming crisp outside and tender inside, perfect for dipping into the soft goat cheese and savoring the roasted garlic and sweet peppers.
The combination balances creamy tang from the goat cheese, fragrant herbal notes from thyme and garlic, and a slightly sweet, mellow flavor from the roasted garlic and peppers. This dish is ideal as a communal appetizer or light snack served warm to enjoy the textural contrasts and layered flavors.
Ingredients
- 8 garlic peeled, cloves
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 8 ounces goat cheese
- 1 1/2 tablespoons thyme fresh
- 1 roasted red peppers 12-ounce jar, patted dry
pull apart baguettes
- 1 baguette sliced into 4 pieces, long
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon thyme fresh
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven the 375 degrees F. Place the garlic cloves and olive oil in a small ramekin. Put it in the oven and roast until the garlic is caramely and golden, about 20 minutes.
- Mix the goat cheese with 1 tablespoon of the fresh thyme, the salt, pepper and garlic powder. Form it into an oval and place it in the center of a baking dish or oven-safe skillet. Surround the cheese with the roasted red peppers. Pour almost all of the oil over the goat cheese and place the garlic cloves on top. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cheese is soft and smooth and hot. Pop the bread in the oven in the last 5 minutes, just to warm it. Remove from the oven and drizzle with remaining olive oil and thyme. Serve immediately.
pull apart baguettes
- Take each section of the baguette and slice into the bread every 1/2-inch, just stopping before you slice through. Brush the bread with the olive oil – getting inside the crevices. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and garlic powder, as well as the fresh thyme. Pop in the oven for the last 5 minutes of the goat cheese baking – I prefer these to be soft and untoasted, but still warm.
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