Goat Cheese Squares With Raspberry Chile Chutney Recipes

RASPBERRY AND GOAT CHEESE PHYLLO BUNDLES

Steps:

• Place frozen berries in a dish and let sit for about 5 minutes.
• Puree berries in blender.
• Add goat cheese to berry puree and blend until a consistency of frozen yogurt.
• If using a large blender, remove mixture to a small bowl for easier handling.
• Place berry mixture in freezer.
• Unroll thawed phyllo roll and cut full sheets in half crosswise. Place desired amount of half sheets onto counter top or a cookie pan and cover with a sheet of parchment paper larger enough to cover entire phyllo sheets, then place a dampened cloth on top of the parchment paper. The parchment will keep the cloth from sticking to the phyllo.
• Cover a cookie pan with a sheet of parchment paper ( wax paper is fine here too).
• Place 1 phyllo sheet (half sheet) onto the parchment. Brush with butter or spray with butter-flavored canola oil. About 1/2 a second to 1 second of spray over the entire phyllo sheet should be enough. Brush the spray afterwards.
• Place another phyllo sheet on top of the previous and coat it the same. repeat for approximately 4 more sheets.
• Once you have 6 (or more if desired) sheets, Cut into 6 smaller squares (or 4 larger if you want larger bundles).
• Remove berry mixture from the freezer. Place a heaping teaspoon onto each square of phyllo.
• Fold opposite corners to each other to create a kind of closed bag.
• Place folded bundles onto a tray or flat plate and place into freezer.
• Repeat 8 through 13 until all sheets and mixture is used. ( you can freeze mixture for future use if you end up with extra). Be sure to put the berry mixture back into the freezer between bundles.
• Store bundles in freezer until ready to bake.
• Preheat oven to 375 Fahrenheit.
• Remove frozen bundles from freezer and place onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet. Place tray in oven and bake for 15 minutes (or until golden brown).
• Place bundles onto serving plates. Drizzle honey over each bundle and serve.

GOAT CHEESE & CHUTNEY APPETIZER

Steps:

• Place goat cheese log on decorative plate.
• Spoon over chutney.
• Serve with crackers.

OLD-WORLD RASPBERRY-CHEESE SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium-size bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and brown sugar.
• Using two knives or a pastry blender, cut in the butter or margarine until the mixture resembles crumbs. Stir in the cheese. Remove 3/4 cup of the mixture and set aside.
• Press the remaining mixture evenly into the bottom of an 8-inch-square baking pan. Spread the jam evenly over the crust. Sprinkle with the nuts and then the reserved crumb mixture. Press gently.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden.
• Cool completely in the pan. Cut the cooled pastry into 2-by-1-inch bars. Store, well-wrapped, in the refrigerator.