Pecan and Goat Cheese Marbles
Elegant appetizer bites featuring creamy goat cheese rolled in toasted pecans, flavored with fresh rosemary and coriander, and served on parsley leaves. Perfect for entertaining.
Ingredients
- •1 cup pecans
- •1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- •½ teaspoon sugar
- •11 ounces soft goat cheese
- •1 teaspoon rosemary
- •1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- •55 pieces flat-leaf parsley leaves
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in upper third.
5 min
- 2.
Toss pecans with butter, sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, then toast in a 4-sided sheet pan until fragrant and a shade darker, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate and cool completely.
10 min
- 3.
Pulse pecans in a food processor just until finely chopped, then transfer to a wide shallow bowl.
3 min
- 4.
Stir together goat cheese, rosemary, coriander, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper until combined well. Form teaspoons of cheese mixture into marbles between your palms, then roll in pecans to coat and roll between your palms again briefly. Transfer to a plate.
15 min
- 5.
Put a parsley leaf under each cheese marble and spear together with a wooden pick.
10 min
