Goat’s cheese and confit garlic on toasted sourdough

Goat’s cheese and confit garlic on toasted sourdough. Photograph: Harry Weir Photography
Goat’s cheese and confit garlic on toasted sourdough. Photograph: Harry Weir Photography
Serves: 2
Course: Side Dish
Cooking Time: 0 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 head of garlic, peeled, yes all of it
  • 50mls olive oil
  • Sprig of thyme
  • Small pinch of sugar
  • Salt and pepper
  • 150ml pot of soft goat’s cheese
  • 2 slices of sourdough bread

1 Set your oven to 160 degrees.

2 Put the garlic and thyme on some foil. Season and add the sugar. Make a parcel and just before sealing, add the olive oil.

3 Bake for 20-25 minutes, until soft and golden. Keep this warm.

4 Toast the sourdough then brush with the garlic oil.

5 Smear the goat's cheese on the toast and dot the mellow golden garlic on top.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford