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G.O.A.T honey walnuts with goats cheese and beetroot

Name: Goats cheese with honey walnuts recipe
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 30g butter; 40g honey; 200g walnut; 500g pre-cooked beetroot; 6 thyme sprigs; 20.00 ml cracked black pepper; 20.00 ml salt flakes; 1 tsp caster sugar; 150g goat’s cheese with ash (substitute regular goat’s cheese, labneh or feta); Wafer crackers, to serve; Balsamic glaze, to serve

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G.O.A.T honey walnuts with goats cheese and beetroot — Chris Chen

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by delicious. team

delicious. team

Dec 16, 2024

"FYI, it’s a grand statement, but walnuts can get better. Call it lover’s intuition. You’ve just got to (actually) butter them up, woo with a little honey, get handsy with some herby salt and serve with their soulmates: beetroot and goat’s cheese." - Bec Vrana Dickinson

Recipe note: Pair with sauvignon blanc

This is an edited extract from Happy Hour Snacks by Bec Vrana Dickinson, published by Hardie Grant Books, AU$39.99. Available in stores nationally.

30g butter
40g honey
2 cups (200g) walnuts
500g pre-cooked beetroot
6 thyme sprigs
1 tbs cracked black pepper
1 tbs salt flakes
1 tsp caster sugar
150g goat’s cheese with ash (substitute regular goat’s cheese, labneh or feta)
Wafer crackers, to serve
Balsamic glaze, to serve

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2.

Melt the butter and honey – the microwave will do. Spread the walnuts over the tray and pour the honey-butter mix on top. Toss to coat.
3.

Bake the walnuts until golden and caramelised, about 10 minutes, tossing halfway through. Leave to cool for 5 minutes.
4.

Meanwhile, cut beetroot into wedges, or any biteable size. Tear the thyme sprigs into a small bowl and add the pepper, salt and sugar. Mix to combine.
5.

Sprinkle the thyme-salt mix over the walnuts and toss to coat. Tip the walnuts onto a plate, alongside the beetroot, goat’s cheese, wafer crackers and a pool of balsamic glaze.