Goat Cheese with Cocoa Nibs

By KDHarmon

Ingredients

• 4 Tbls. raw cacao beans
• 11 oz. log of goat cheese
• 1/2 clove of garlic (fine mince)
• Herbes de Provence (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)
• 1 Tbls. liquid honey
• 1 Tbls. ginger syrup (out of a bottle of preserved ginger)
• 1 baguette

Preparation

Step 1

Crush about 4 Tbls. raw cacao beans to make the cacao nibs. (An easy trick is to use a coffee grinder.)

Put the goat cheese into a bowl, soften it and mix in the cacao nibs. Add the garlic, some Herbes de Provence and pepper, to taste.

Add the honey and ginger syrup, and mix well. Once combined, reshape into a log.

Because the flavors will continue to emerge over time, it is best to make it a day ahead.

When serving, sprinkle the log with some finely crushed cacao nibs or dust with cacao powder.

Serve with thin slices of baguette.