goats cheese truffles with honey & pistachio
May 21, 2012 in recipes, vegetarian, very easy - 5 ingredients or less
The minute I saw these truffles on the lovely ‘The Year In Food’ blog, I immediately knew I wanted to make them. They appeal to every fiber of my foodie being.
What also captured my attention was how they formed part of a very exciting food-art installation project that got my creative side doing leaps and bounds. Art, food, drizzling honey – so WOW!
Using only 3 ingredients these gorgeous little flavour bombs are certain to impress anyone who tries them, and will make a fantastic addition to your next cheese platter.
They are fairly tricky to make, but I cut to the chase a bit. I filled them, then rolled them and then coated them in the ground up pistachios in one go.
Wrapping the cheese around the honey presents the biggest challenge and found two different methods worked quite well: firstly I froze some honey which I had poured out onto a small metal container and was able to scoop this out into a ball, secondly, I used honey that had crystalised and was therefore firmer and held its shape.
*In case you didn’t know, honey that turns to crystal form is a sign of a good quality product.
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Healthy Vegetarian Foods By Usha Singh said on May 21, 2012
These look divine Sam
drizzleanddip said on May 22, 2012
Thanks Usha, they are quite lovely.
Kimberley said on May 23, 2012
Thanks so much for the kind words! I think that chilling makes working with the goat cheese and honey so much more agreeable. And totally agree with you that crystallized honey is really helpful. Glad you enjoyed them.