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Goat-Cheese Gratin with Tarragon Toast

Here's how you make Goat-Cheese Gratin with Tarragon Toast
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 6m
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 shallot, chopped
  • Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 baguette, sliced 1/4-inch thick
  • 1 (6 ounce) log fresh goat cheese, crumbled
  • 2 tomatoes, cored, seeded and chopped OR 1 c of your favorite tomato, marinara, or pasta sauce
  • 15 kalamata or other brine-cured black olives, pitted
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Position rack 4" from broiler element and preheat broiler.

  • Step 2: To make the compound butter, stir the butter, lemon juice, tarragon, garlic and shallot together in a bowl; season with salt & pepper, and mix until thoroughly combined.

  • Step 3: Arrange the bread slices on a baking sheet. Spread the butter mixture on one side of each slice to coat.

  • Step 4: (Reserve the remaining butter in a sealable container for another use in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Use it to saute vegetables or make buttery herbed rice or pasta)

  • Step 5: Broil until golden brown, 2-3 minutes; turn the toasts and broil the other side, remove from oven, set on rack to cool.

  • Step 6: Scatter the goat cheese on the bottoms of individual shallow gratin dishes or one ovenproof gratin dish or casserole.

  • Step 7: Top with the tomatoes and olives, season with salt & pepper; broil until bubbling and hot, 3-5 minutes and serve with reserved herb toasts.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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