Pressed Cheese with Dried Fruits

Name: Pressed Cheese with Dried Fruits
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 6 black peppercorns; 6 (8) tablespoons prune eau de vie or cognac; 3 bay leaves; 3 sprigs of fresh thyme; 50 g (2 oz, ⅓ cup) dried figs, cut into quarters; 4 crottin de Chavignol or aged Chabis goat’s cheeses, cut horizontally in half; Olive oil; 50 g (2 oz, ¼ cup) prunes, cut in half

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Cheese

By Paul Gayler

Published 1997

About

Serve this delicious cheese preserve with a good walnut bread.

Ingredients

4 crottin de Chavignol or aged Chabis goat’s cheeses, cut horizontally in half
50 g (2 oz, ⅓

Gluten-free
Vegetarian
cheese

Method

Place 2 of the cheese halves in a sterilized 500 ml (18 fl oz, 2¼ cup) preserving jar and scatter over a third