Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an appetizer that’s sure to impress: Goat Cheese Shamrocks! This shamrock shaped goat cheese with pistachios herbs and honey is not only festive but also packed with flavor.
Supplies and Ingredients for Goat Cheese Shamrocks:
Supplies:
- Heart shaped silicone muffin pan. I bought mine from TJMaxx around Valentine’s Day but here is one from Amazon with similar sized hearts
- Shamrock shaped silicone mold – I used scissors to trim the little piece that creates a hole in the shamrocks
Ingredients:
- Olive oil – approximately one cup – add more or less depending on the size of serving plate. You just want the cheese to be sitting on top of olive oil and drizzled with it
- Goat cheese – 8 ounce log
- Honey – if you like a kick, you can use hot honey
- Fresh basil – 2 Tbsp or to preference
- Italian seasonings 2 Teaspoons
- Crushed red pepper 1teaspoon
- Sea salt flakes – I use Maldon Sea Salt Flakes – a pinch or two is enough
- Chopped pistachios – approximately 1/2 cup
- Lemon zest (optional) – around 2 teaspoons
- Crackers or toasted baguette slices for serving
Instructions:
- Fill the shamrock molds with goat cheese and place in the freezer
- Use remaining goat cheese to scoop into four heart molds. I placed equal amounts in the bottom of each. There won’t be enough to fill them. Then use plastic wrap to press the cheese down into the heart molds. Leave the plastic wrap on them and place in the freezer.
- Once cheeses are frozen solid and you are ready to assemble your appetizer, remove them from the freezer and carefully remove the frozen goat cheeses from the silicone molds.
- Mix the oil with the italian herbs, salt and crushed red pepper.
- Drizzle some of the seasoned oil over the serving plate.
- Add the heart shaped goat cheese in a four leaf clover shape over the oil.
- Scatter the shamrock cheeses around the four leaf clover.
- Drizzle the cheese with more of the oil mixture.
- Top with chopped pistachios.
- Drizzle with honey
- Grate lemon zest over the top.
- Sprinkle with fresh basil
Serve with crackers or toasted baguette
These Shamrock Goat Cheese Bites are not only visually appealing but also a delicious way to embrace the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day. Enjoy them at your celebration and watch them disappear in no time!
