This warm goat cheese salad with poached apricots is one of our favorites. It is a classic French recipe of mâche lettuce, gorgeous toast with warm goat cheese on top, cucumber and French vinaigrette, updated with yellow and red heirloom tomatoes, walnuts, succulent grilled baby carrots and poached apricots. The perfect Summer salad.
Poached apricots
Have you ever tried poached apricots? We poached these babies in olive oil and they are so, so good! You can add them to a salad like we did here or serve them as a side to meats (lamb, chicken) or fish (halibut, sole). They are such a burst of flavor. Another bonus is that when you make them at home, they absolutely perfume the air with the scent of apricot and olive oil. It is really divine.
Reasons we love this warm goat cheese salad with poached apricots
- ♥ It reminds us of our childhood. In France, warm goat cheese salad is often a childhood and both of us, as kids (and still as adults!) loved to order warm goat cheese salad when we went out to a restaurant with our parents.
- ♥ It’s the perfect Summer treat.
- ♥ It scores major #healthychoices points without sacrificing flavor.
- ♥ The gooey goat cheese toast speaks for itself!
- ♥ Did we mention the poached apricots?!
- ♥ Tomatoes (good) – lettuce (good) – goat cheese (good) – walnuts (good) – cucumber (good) – subtle Joey in friends reference. #childrenofthe80s
Warm goat cheese salad shopping list
- Goat cheese
- Carrots
- Apricots
- Rosemary
- Yellow heirloom tomatoes
- Lettuce
- Cucumber
- Honey
- Thyme
- Lavender
- Butter
- Walnuts
Tips to make this warm goat cheese salad
- Use a high quality goat cheese, such as the Chavignol we used for this recipe. The quality of the goat cheese you use is key.
- Keep an eye on the goat cheese as you’re grilling it. Depending on the cheese, it will take more or less time to melt.
- When selecting your apricots to prepare the poached apricots, make sure to choose perfectly ripe frit (not too ripe but ripe enough)
Add your own twist to this warm goat cheese salad
- Replace the poached apricots and tomatoes with strawberries to make strawberry goat cheese salad.
- Replace the poached apricots and tomatoes with spinach to make spinach goat cheese salad.
- Replace the poached apricots and tomatoes with sliced pear to make pear goat cheese salad.
- Replace the poached apricots and tomatoes with apple slices to make apple goat cheese salad.
- Replace the poached apricots and tomatoes with salmon to make salmon goat cheese salad.
This warm goat cheese salad with poached apricots is perfect for a warm day, refreshing, full of bursting flavor and topped with melted cheese!
So, we think you should make this for lunch today, or to bring on your next picnic. Just promise to make it, ok? Because, seriously, it is that good! You will thank us. 🙂 On a side note, we think this salad’s #sweetsoulmate is a gorgeous bowl of Summer strawberries with olive oil, basil and honey glaze.
Warm goat cheese salad with poached apricots
Goat cheese, carrots, apricots, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, walnuts, rosemary, thyme and lavender come together to make the perfect Summer salad.
Warm goat cheese salad with poached apricots
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 2 people 1x
Description
Easy and delicious warm goat cheese salad with apricots poached in olive oil.
Ingredients
- 2 Chavignol goat cheeses (between 60 and 90gr each)
- 4 little carrots
- 2 apricots
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1 big yellow tomato cut in cubes
- Lettuce of your choice
- 1/3 of cucumber
- 1 tsp of honey
- 3 pinches of thyme
- 2 pinches of lavender
- Salt, pepper
- Olive oil
- 5gr of butter
- 6 walnuts
- Vinaigrette
Instructions
- Add the carrots to a frying pan on on low heat with a little olive oil and salt, pepper and 1 pinch of thyme. Cook them in the olive oil for 15 minutes.
- Add the butter and cook for 15 more minutes on low heat, carrots should be soft and slightly caramelized. Put aside. (Don’t wash the pan, you need the juice of the caramelized carrots for later !)
- Add the apricots and rosemary in the pan on low heat for a few minutes, until the apricots become soft and slightly caramelized too.
- Put goat cheese on slice of bread.
- Add ½ tsp of honey, a pinch of thyme and a pinch of lavender on the goat cheese and put under the grill for a couple of minutes (1-2 minutes). Be careful not to heat for too long, goat cheese melts very quickly !
- Create a base with the salad on a plate using the sliced cucumber, tomato, walnuts, carrots, and apricots. Place the slice of bread with goat cheese on top. Add vinaigrette.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: French
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