Red Pepper Goat Cheese Wrapped In Cucumber

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 ounces goat cheese
• 2 tablespoons red pepper flakes, peperoncino flakes (more or less, depending on your ability to handle the heat!)
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 large cucumbers, peeled and cut lengthwise into wide, thin strips
• 1 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups honey
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 empty the cheese into a large bowl and press it into the shape or curve of the bowl.
• 2 add the olive oil, lemon juice and peperoncino flakes.
• 3 mix or knead the cheese, making sure to mix the ingredients well throughout the cheese. you should end up with a large ball of cheese.
• 4 form the cheese into a a bar and lay it out across the ends of the cucumber strips, lengthwise. then roll the cucumber strips, with cheese inside, into a roll. you may have to press the cucumbers into the cheese to make them stick and compress it, this is ok.
• 5 refrigerate until you are ready to serve it.
• 6 now make your sauce.first add the honey to a large bowl. then add the oil and soy sauce. last, add the vinegar and whisk it until well mixed.
• 7 when you are ready to serve, cut the cucumber by each strip. it should make a single chunk of cheese wrapped with cucumber strip. then.
• 8 drizzle the sauce around the plate, not too much but enough to dip inches.
• 9 enjoy.