Marinated Grapes with Goats’ Cheese

Name: Marinated Grapes with Goats’ Cheese
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter
Ingredients: 1 red onion, peeled and finely sliced; 2 large handfuls sweet white grapes, halved and de-seeded (if you can be bothered); salt and pepper to taste; salt and pepper to taste; 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar; plenty of chopped fresh parsley and mint; plenty of chopped fresh parsley and mint; plenty of chopped fresh parsley and mint; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 200 g (6 ½ oz) ripe goats’ cheese, chopped into 1 cm (½ in) chunks; 200 g (6 ½ oz) ripe goats’ cheese, chopped into 1 cm (½ in) chunks

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a starter

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A World in My Kitchen

By Peter Gordon

Published 2003

About

Fellow New Zealander Felicity Morgan-Rhind, a former chef now a fabulous Auckland-based film-maker, gave me this recipe. It is a real taste treat.

Ingredients

1 red onion, peeled and finely sliced
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

Starter
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Place red onion and vinegar in a bowl and mix well. Season with a little salt and pepper and leave to stand for 20 minutes. Add halved grapes and olive oil, mix well and leave to marinate in the fridge for an hour.

Half an hour before serving, toss in the herbs and goats’ cheese. Serve this a