Description
This Easy Goat Cheese Appetizer is a warm and flavorful dip perfect for entertaining. Featuring creamy goat cheese baked with sweet orange apricot marmalade and topped with crunchy pistachios and fragrant thyme, it’s a simple yet elegant starter to serve with crostini, bread, or crackers.
Ingredients
Scale
Cheese and Spread
- 10 ounces goat cheese log
- 1/2 cup orange apricot marmalade (or preserves or jam of any flavor)
Toppings
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped pistachios
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme (or 1 teaspoon dried thyme)
Serving
- Crostini, bread, or crackers for serving
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking the goat cheese appetizer.
- Arrange Preserves and Cheese: Spread 1/3 cup of the preserves evenly in a small baking dish. Place the entire goat cheese log on top of the marmalade. Then, spoon the remaining 2 tablespoons of preserves over the goat cheese log to coat it slightly.
- Bake: Bake the goat cheese and preserves in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, allowing the cheese to soften and meld with the sweet preserves.
- Add Toppings and Serve: Remove the baking dish from the oven carefully. Sprinkle the finely chopped pistachios and fresh thyme evenly over the warm goat cheese. Serve immediately as a dip with crostini, bread, or crackers for a delicious appetizer.
Notes
- This warm goat cheese appetizer is perfect for entertaining, combining just four simple ingredients for a flavorful and elegant dip.
- You can substitute the orange apricot marmalade with any flavor of preserves or jam you prefer.
- Using fresh thyme adds a bright herbal note, but dried thyme works well too in smaller amounts.
- Serve immediately after baking to enjoy the creaminess of the warm goat cheese.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 of recipe
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
