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30 minutes
Cheese platter
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Cheese platter
4 – 8 as part of a platter
Easy
10 minutes
30 minutes
Ingredients
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Baked Gorgonzola pears
- 2 pears
- 75 g Italian Gorgonzola Semi Soft Medium Fat Cheese
- 50 g walnuts, chopped
- a few sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 T honey
- 30 g rocket Baked Camembert
- 250 g Royden Goat and Cow Camembert
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
- 1 T honey
- a few sprigs fresh thyme Cheese skewers
- 300 g 6 months matured Cheddar
- 160 g pitted green olives with rosemary, garlic and lemon
- 110 g sliced smoked peppered salami
- 400 g whole peppadews
Method
For Baked Gorgonzola pears:
1. Slice the pears in half, scoop out the seeds and place on a baking tray.
2. Add chunks of gorgonzola and top with walnuts. Drizzle with honey and scatter over thyme. Bake in a 180ºC oven for 25 minutes or until the cheese is oozing and the pears are sweet and caramelised.
3. Serve with rocket on the side
For Baked Camembert:
1. Place the camembert on a large square of foil. Gently score the top and cover with the garlic cloves, honey and thyme.
2. Loosely tent the foil and bake in a 180ºC oven for 15 - 20 minutes
3. Serve with crusty bread and crackers for scooping.
For the cheese skewers:
1. Cut the cheese into squares and skewer with salami, olives and peppadews.
Photography: Sadiqah Ismail-Assur
Recipe: Brita du Plessis
Food assistants: Josh van Zyl
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