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Farmer’s Fried Goat Cheese Salad

April 20, 2022 by Tamara Giebel Leave a Comment

Farmer’s Fried Goat Cheese Salad with fresh, seasonal greens, cucumber, radish and garden peas and a shallot Dijon vinaigrette.

Whether you have your own vegetable garden or frequent the local Farmer’s Market, you can create a beautiful salad from your bounty of produce. During these hot and unusually muggy days of summer, we look towards quick, fresh dinner ideas. This salad takes all those seasonal veggies and layers them into a beautiful summer salad.  It is so pretty that it almost doubles as a table centerpiece with beautiful scalloped edged butter lettuce and lacy arugula. Halved pea pods, thinly sliced radish and cucumber add a whimsical and artsy touch.  And who doesn’t like fried cheese?

It’s All About The Goat Cheese

For this recipe, you want to look for an 8 oz. goat cheese log.  It makes life easier to simply cut the log into 1 oz. medallions instead of trying to form them.  I used herbed goat cheese, but feel free to use any flavor that tickles your fancy.  You can get goat cheese in a variety of flavors from plain to garlic herb and even truffle flavored. You’ll want to keep the goat cheese refrigerated until ready to fry, that way it holds its shape and you end up with perfectly round medallions.   Nestle them in the layers of salad just before serving.

Ingredients in Farmer’s Fried Goat Cheese Salad

  • Fresh Greens – Butter lettuce and arugula.
  • Radish – One bundle of fresh radish.
  • Cucumber – Half of a fresh cucumber.
  • Sugar Snap Peas – About a handful of pea pods.
  • Goat Cheese – 8 oz. goat cheese log.
  • Panko – Japanese bread crumbs.
  • Flour – For dusting goat cheese medallions
  • Shallot – About a tablespoon of shallot for vinaigrette.
  • Dijon mustard – A teaspoon for the vinaigrette.
  • Apple Cider Vinegar – You can substitute for red wine vinegar.
  • Olive Oil – I use extra virgin olive oil.

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Lightly fried goat cheese medallions sit ever so delicately on this inviting summer salad with fresh, seasonal greens layered with cucumber, radish and garden peas.

Farmer’s Fried Goat Cheese Salad

Farmer’s Fried Goat Cheese Salad with fresh, seasonal greens, cucumber, radish and garden peas and a shallot Dijon vinaigrette.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine Farmer’s Market, Vegetarian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

Salad

  • 1 head butter lettuce torn
  • 1 cup arugula
  • 4 radish sliced thin
  • 1/2 cucumber sliced thin
  • 1 cup snap peas sliced with a few cut lengthwise to expose peas

Fried Goat Cheese

  • 8 oz goat cheese log sliced into 8 even rounds
  • 1 cup flour seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1 cup Panko breadcrumbs seasoned with salt, pepper and a pinch of garlic powder
  • vegetable oil for frying

Vinaigrette

  • 1 tbsp shallot minced
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar can sub rice wine, balsamic or red wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp sugar can sub honey or agave
  • salt and pepper

Instructions
 

Salad

  • Layer butter lettuce, arugula, radish, cucumber and snap peas in a large salad bowl.

Fried Goat Cheese

  • Heat enough vegetable oil in a large saute pan over medium high heat to cover thickness of goat cheese medallions.
  • Coat each goat cheese medallion in flour, then egg, then Panko.
  • Gently fry each goat cheese medallion until golden brown on both sides. Remove to a wire rack or paper towel.
  • Arrange fried goat cheese medallions over salad and serve with Shallot Dijon Vinaigrette.

Shallot Dijon Vinaigrette

  • Whisk all ingredients together. Drizzle over salad.
Keyword Dijon Vinaigrette, Earth Day, Fried Goat Cheese, Fried Goat Cheese Salad, Goat Cheese Recipes, Goat Cheese Salad, Main Dish Salad, Mother’s Day Recipes, Spring Salad, Summer Salad

Filed Under: Salads, Vegetarian Tagged With: Garden Salad, Mixed Greens, vegetarian

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