Warm Goat's Cheese & Honey Salad
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Total: 25 mins
A French bistro classic, this salad combines soft green lettuce with tender cannellini beans and tops them with goat's cheese, honey and thyme croutons. Add a simple Dijon mustard vinagrette and you have the perfect summer lunch.
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569 kcal
(per portion)
Ingredients you'll need
  • 1 French country demi baguette
  • 100g soft goat's cheese
  • A handful of thyme
  • 40g honey
  • 400g tin of cannellini beans
  • 1 green lettuce
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
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  • Sea salt + black pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Preheat your oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas 4. Take one of the demi baguettes and slice it into rounds, roughly 2cm thick. Arrange the rounds on a baking tray. Drizzle the baguette rounds with a little olive oil and sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Pop in the oven and bake for 5 mins.

  • 2.

    Meanwhile, pick the leaves off the thyme sprigs.

  • 3.

    When the baguettes are pale golden-brown, remove from the oven and spread the goat's cheese over the toasted baguette. Sprinkle over half the thyme leaves and drizzle over half the honey. Season with a pinch of pepper and return to the oven and bake for a further 5 mins till the cheese is lightly melted and bubbling. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

  • 4.

    Meanwhile, drain and rinse the cannellini beans and tip into a large salad bowl. Slice the root off the green lettuce and separate the leavs. Rinse and dry them, then add them to the bowl.

  • 5.

    To make the dressing, take a small bowl and whisk together the Dijon mustard, remaining honey and thyme leaves with 1 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt. Drizzle the dressing over the leaves and beans and toss well to mix.

  • 6.

    Divide the salad between 2 plates and place the goat's cheese croutons on top to serve.