Easy, Festive Caramelized Goat Cheese Salad with Walnuts
This easy, caramelized goat cheese salad with walnuts is elegant enough for festive get togethers, yet simple enough to make as an every day meal or side.
Fill individual bowls with a mix of your favorite lettuce types. Drizzle it with the balsamic reduction and some olive oil.
Slice the goat cheese log into slices and cover the tops with a thin layer of olive oil. Sprinkle the sugar of your choice in a thin layer over the oil, covering the top of each round of cheese.
Using a kitchen torch, caramelize the sugar on the cheese slices. I keep the torch at a medium flame and hold it a couple of inches away from the cheese, waving the flame over it until the sugar melts and forms a thin, golden brown layer of candy coating. If you work very quickly, the cheese will stay more solid and cold. If you work slowly, you'll also slightly melt the cheese. I like going slow and melting the cheese, but that's a matter of preference.
Sprinkle some walnuts over the top of the salad, and serve as is, or add slices of fruit, slices of chicken breast, and/or a mix of other seeds and nuts.