The Warm Chèvre Panini is my version of the French salade chèvre chaud as a sandwich.
➡Chèvre chaud (chaud means ‘warm’) is a French dish, consisting of Chèvre cheese served warm.
Usually roasted on French bread, often served with a green salad and accompanied by vinaigrette, olive oil, or balsamic vinegar.
➡Traditional recipe from many French goat cheese-producing regions can also be prepared with: tomatoes, eggplants, bell peppers, avocados, apples, pears, gingerbread, walnuts, bacon, honey.
I added walnuts, cranberries, honey, and bacon, all enclosed in an oatmeal focaccia with mixed seeds.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 1Piece
- Cooking methods: Toaster
- Cuisine: Contemporary
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 1 whole grain focaccia (with seeds)
- to taste green salad
- to taste walnuts
- 1 oz bacon (cubed)
- to taste cranberries
- to taste goat cheese (French)
- to taste honey
- 1/2 lemon (juice)
- to taste olive oil
- to taste vinegar
- to taste salt
Steps
Create an emulsion with salt, olive oil, vinegar, and lemon juice.
In a salad bowl, season the salad with the emulsion.
Fry the bacon in its fat for a few minutes.
Add it to the salad. Add the walnuts as well.
Fill the focaccia: spread honey, add cranberries and the seasoned salad.
Heat the goat cheese until softened.
Serve with the warm chèvre inside.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
What type of cheese is “chèvre”?
A fromage de chèvre or simply a chèvre is a cheese made from the processing of goat milk.
There is a wide variety of goat milk cheeses. France is the world’s largest producer and consumer of it.
There, goats are generally raised in a barn, shelter, or building where they roam freely. They may have access to the outside: exercise area or pastures.What are the French goat cheeses with Protected Designation of Origin (AOP)?
• Bush de Rove, Provence • Banon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence • Rocamadour, Lot • Chabichou du Poitou • Charolais, Saône-et-Loire Charolles Region • Chevrotin, Savoie • Rigotte de Condrieu, Rhône • Pélardon, Languedoc • Picodon, Drôme and Ardèche • Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Berry • Mâconnais, Mâcon Region • Selles-sur-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire • Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, Touraine • Valençay, Berry • Chavignol, Berry
