{"id":4581,"date":"2013-08-05T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2021-02-09T10:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T10:48:35","slug":"summer-salad-with-liam-at-the-castle-at-taunton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/summer-salad-with-liam-at-the-castle-at-taunton\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Salad with Liam at The Castle at Taunton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Summer<\/p>\n

Happy Monday everyone! We’re pretty excited today because we’ve just picked up a fab new recipe. Despite appearances, we are not all\u00a0culinary masters, so we decided to recruit a little help. Expert Chef Liam from The Castle at Taunton<\/a> has given us a lovely summer salad,\u00a0Goats Cheese Salad With Grilled Plums, Strawberries, Hazelnuts and Balsamic Vinegar… Perfect for a summer dinner!<\/p>\n

Goats Cheese Salad<\/h2>\n

Ingredients:<\/h2>\n
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  • Serves 4<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 400g goat\u2019s cheese log<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 120g Greek yoghurt<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 4 plums<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 10 un-ripened strawberries<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 100g hazelnuts<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 100ml balsamic vinegar<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Fresh herbs and salad leaves to dress<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Method<\/h2>\n

    To prepare your goat\u2019s cheese, remove the rind and leave to come to room temperature. Blend in food processor with the Greek yoghurt until smooth; season to taste. Place in a disposable piping bag and leave to rest in fridge until serving.<\/p>\n

    For the garnish, dice half the strawberries finely and place in the balsamic vinegar \/ syrup. With the remaining strawberries cut into desired shapes, leave to the side.<\/p>\n

    Cut the plums into halves and quarters and lightly char grill \u2013 this adds a more depth to the plum and more flavour.<\/p>\n

    To serve, remove the strawberries from the balsamic and use to dress the plate with the plums and remaining strawberries. Reduce balsamic by half to intensify \u2013 try not to add sugar as it\u2019s quite a fresh sweet dish. Dress with hazelnuts and leaves.<\/p>\n

    This dish requires a lot of balance between sweet and sour. Make sure your fruit is not too ripe. The balsamic will cut through the goat\u2019s cheese and go perfect with the fruit and nuts.<\/p>\n

    Chef’s Tip<\/h2>\n

    Most varieties of goat\u2019s cheese have different levels of fat and pasteurisation processes applied which give different textures. For the above it requires a crumbly semi set cheese like Bosworth Ash. If you\u2019re afraid the goat\u2019s cheese will be too wet when adding the yoghurt reduce the amount or add some gelatine to firm it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy Monday everyone! We’re pretty excited today because we’ve just picked up a fab new recipe. Despite appearances, we are not all\u00a0culinary masters, so we decided to recruit a little help. Expert Chef Liam from The Castle at Taunton has given us a lovely summer salad,\u00a0Goats Cheese Salad With Grilled Plums, Strawberries, Hazelnuts and Balsamic Vinegar… Perfect for a summer dinner! Goats Cheese Salad Ingredients: Serves 4 400g goat\u2019s cheese log 120g Greek yoghurt 4 plums 10 un-ripened strawberries 100g […]","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":4582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4581"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50374,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4581\/revisions\/50374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}