Green Onion Blinis With Red Pepper Relish And Goat Cheese Recipes

GREEN ONION BLINIS WITH RED PEPPER RELISH AND GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Turn the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly oil your bell pepper on all sides. I like to cut mine in half and put them on foil lined baking sheet, cut side down. Bake until skin is blackened and loose. Allow pepper to cool and peel skin. Chop into very small pieces (like pickle relish).
• Whip the soft goat cheese, sour cream and lemon juice in a smooth consistency. Add salt to taste. Set in the refrigerator.
• Heat a nonstick griddle or pan to medium heat. Mix the Simply Potatoes mashed potatoes, flour, egg, baking powder, and sour cream to a smooth consistency. Add enough milk to make a pancake like batter. Mix in the green onions. (No need to salt the batter as Simply Potatoes is already seasoned unless you wish to.) Spoon one tablespoon of batter onto pan, as many as you can handle at one time. When bubbles form then pop, flip the pancake. Cook each side to golden brown.
• To plate your blinis, top with a dollop of goat cheese cream and a small amount of roasted red pepper relish and a sprig of dill. Enjoy!

FIG & GOAT CHEESE NESTS

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 400°.
• In large bowl, combine hash brown, beaten egg, salt and pepper. Stir until potatoes are well coated with egg.
• Spray (2) 24 mini muffin pans with non-stick spray. Spoon in approximately 1 teaspoon of hash brown mixture into each muffin cup, gently pressing bottom and up the sides of cup. Bake for approximately 25-30 minutes or until browned and they start to pull away from muffin cups. Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack.
• In sauté pan, cook diced bacon until lightly crisped. Remove bacon and set aside. Discard all but 2 tablespoons of bacon fat.
• In same sauté pan, add chopped spinach to bacon fat and sauté over med. high heat until spinach is wilted. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Begin to assemble nests by adding ¼ tsp fig preserves in bottom of hash brown nest. Next top with approximately ¼ tsp of cooked spinach, then ¼ teaspoons goat cheese. Top goat cheese with another ¼ tsp of fig preserves and sprinkle a little bacon on top. Continue layering process to each hash brown nest.
• Place on baking sheet and return to preheated 400° oven for 2-3 minutes or just until hot. Remove from pan and serve.

PENNE PASTA WITH WALNUTS GREEN ONIONS AND GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add green onions and walnuts and saute over medium heat until onions are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add cooked and drained pasta to skillet along with goat cheese. Reduce heat to low and stir gently until cheese melts.
• Add whipping cream and Romano cheese. Season with pepper and stir well. Garnish with spinach leaves if desired. Serve immediately.