Oven Fried Goat Cheese with Honey & Fig Jam
Crispy, fried goat cheese with sweet fig jam and honey.
Servings 24 fried bite-size cheese balls
Ingredients
- 10 oz goat cheese
- 1/2 cup bleu cheese
- 2 cups panko bread crumbs
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tbsp ground pepper
- 1 Tbsp ground thyme
- 24 tsp fig jam 1 tsp per fried cheese ball
- honey or agave nectar for drizzling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, mash cheeses together with a fork. Once combined, roll cheese mixture into 24 balls. Freeze for 5 minutes to firm up.
- Beat eggs in a small bowl for the egg wash. Combine the bread crumbs, pepper, and thyme on a small plate. Take a cheese ball and dip in the egg wash, covering the entire ball thoroughly. Roll in breadcrumb mixture, coating well, and set on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or silpat. Repeat for each cheese ball until done.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes. Allow them to cool and remove to a plate. Drizzle with honey or agave nectar and place 1 tsp of fig jam on top of each fried cheese ball.
