Goats Cheese & Thyme Pannacotta Starter by Damian McArthur


Most of our guests will cook for themselves at least a few nights of their week.  So we thought we’d start a little spin off blog with some recipes that we and our chefs like to cook after a days skiing.  This recipe, by superb chef Damian McArthur is really worth the effort.  But don’t worry if this is too much for you, we will be adding much easier recipes as we go.

Starter: Goats Cheese & Thyme Pannacotta – by Chef Damian McArthur

This is a surprising and refreshing starter. You don’t really expect the savoury flavour to come from what looks, frankly, like a dessert.

Ingredients (feeds 6 people)dining-direct-damian-mcarthur-photography-1

175ml cream

275ml milk

175ml crème fraiche

250g goat’s cheese

3 leaves gelatine

Instructions

Place the cream, milk, crème fraiche, roughly chopped goat’s cheese and fresh thyme in a heavy bottomed sauce pan and bring gently to a low heat, making sure it does not boil. Soften the gelatine leaves in cold water for 5 minutes, then carefully squeeze out any water. Whisk the softened gelatine leaves into the cream mix and allow to cool slightly. Strain through a sieve into your panna-cotta moulds and place into the refrigerator until set.

Serve with a salad of fresh baby watercress, slivered apple and toffee walnuts. Drizzle with a white balsamic reduction (or simply some honey) and serve.

Damian is one of Elevation’s recommended private chefs, find out more about him and how to book him here

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