Chavroux Goats Cheese Tart
By Gill Murray 16 Feb 2019
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- FOR THE CROUTON:
- 100 grams Goose fat
- 2 slices White bread
- FOR THE PICKLED BUTTERNUT SQUASH:
- 1 Butternut squash
- 1 Cardamom
- 1 tsp Celery seeds
- 500 ml Cider vinegar
- 185 g Golden caster sugar
- 1 tsp Ground turmeric
- 1 tsp Mustard powder
- 1 Star anise
- 60 g Caster sugar
- 1 Garlic clove
- 2 pinches Ground white pepper
- FOR THE RED ONION CHUTNEY:
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 150 ml Port
- 500 g Red onions
- 500 ml Red Wine
- 100 g Salted butter
- 2 pinches Salt
- 50 ml White wine or sherry vinegar
- FOR THE GARNISH:
- Cucumber
- Pink lady apples
- Rapeseed oil
- Roasted pistachios
- Red grapes
- Rocket
The red onion chutney can be made in advance to save time for creating
your Chavroux goats cheese tart.
1. Peel and slice the red onions finely. Melt the butter and the olive oil
in a pan. Put the pan on a high heat.
1. Cut the crusts off two slices of white bread and try to keep as much of
the bread as possible. use a rolling pin to roll flat, then cut into rectangles, approximately two inches by four.
1. Peel and dice your butternut squash into centimetre cubes, place to the
side ready to be pickled.
Chavroux goats cheese tart plate up: Here is the fun part!
Have your four plates ready for your guests or family and gather all
your creations together.
using a spatula.
Why Choose Goats Cheese Over Cow's Cheese?
Goats cheese is one of those wonderful ingredients that has gained momentum over recent years, as our curiousity for global foodstuffs has grown. Made popular in France - of course - this creamy, distinctly flavoured cheese is now enjoyed around the world.
Although made popular by the supermarket bought mini-logs, goats cheese actually comes in a wide variety of flavors and textures; from soft and spreadable fresh cheese to salty, crumbly aged cheese, and even venied blues, you will find there is a huge choice out there when you start to look.
One of the main reasons for its increase in popularity in recent years, is that goats milk is easier to digest as it contains less lactose - that's the naturally occurring milk sugar - than cows milk. It also has lower levels of the protein Alpha s1 Casein - about 89% less in goats milk - which means many people with dairy sensitivities can consume goats milk as an alternative to cows milk.
It’s a great source of calcium, selenium, magnesium and vitamin B3, as well as delivering 6 grams of filling protein in every 28 gram serving.
Buying Goats Cheese in Perthshire
You can pick up goats cheese in any supermarket but if you're after the Chavroux brand that Theordore chooses, then do check out some of our favourite Perthshire indies.
You'll also be able to pick up the other ingredients such as rapeseed oil, spices, vinegars and goose fat while you're there.
- Provender Brown on George Street in Perth City Centre
- Glendoick Garden Centre on the Perth- Dundee Road
- Taste Perthshire at Bankfoot
- Loch Leven's Larder at Loch Leven
When it comes to impressive food creations, Perthshire based Theodore Chana - who many of you will remember from the 2016 Masterchef:The Professionals series - is easily one of Scotland's best.
When you team up those notable credentials with the endless talents of our resident food stylist and photographer, Gill Murray, you're set for a super impressive lunch idea.
This gorgeous, creamy tart is actually a crispy crouton, topped with France's ubiquitous Chavroux Goats Cheese. Serve as a super-posh snack or an impressive starter at a dinner party.
Theodore’s Top Tip is to blowtorch your goats cheese before placing in the oven - this adds a wonderful caramelization and charred flavour to the dish, that really is hard to beat!