Goat’s Cheese, Walnut and Leek Salad

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

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Ingredients

  • 1 × 250 g (8 oz) English goat’s cheese, such as Golden Cross
  • 2 or 3 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced

Method

Slice the cheese into 6 pieces. Put in a bowl with the garlic, pepper and walnut oil, and marinate for 24 hours at least. When ready to assemble the salad, drop the trimmed leeks into boiling water, and boil them for 3 or 4 minutes, slightly more if the leeks are quite tough and mature. Drain, and rinse under cold water. Put three on each plate with a slice of goat’s cheese on top. Mix the waln