Deep-fried goat’s cheese with pink peppercorn honey
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4-6 as a snack
Ingredients
- 300g soft rindless goat's cheese log
- chopped to make ½ tsp thyme leaves
- 75g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 100ml-200ml soda water, ice cold
- 2 tsp clear orange blossom honey, plus extra for drizzling
- for deep frying oil
- 1 tsp pink peppercorns, crushed
Method
- STEP 1
Put the goat’s cheese in a bowl and mix with the thyme and a pinch of salt. Roll into small bite-sized balls. Put on a baking-paper-lined tray and into the freezer for half an hour.
- STEP 2
Whisk the flour, cornflour, baking powder and a pinch of salt with enough soda water to make a thick batter. Whisk in the honey.
- STEP 3
Fill a pan no more than 1/3 full with oil and heat until it reaches 180C or a piece of bread browns in 30 seconds.
- STEP 4
Put extra flour in a bowl then dust the goat’s cheese balls. Use a fork to lower the balls into the batter until coated then lower into the oil. Fry in batches for 45 seconds to a minute or until crisp. Scoop out and drain on kitchen paper, then repeat with the remaining balls. Serve drizzled with honey and sprinkled with the pink pepper.
