Goat Cheese Appetizers with Roasted Grapes
A from scratch fine dining appetizer made with homemade crackers, creamy Snøfrisk® goat cheese, pistachios, and roasted grapes. Perfect for autumn as grapes come into season and you plan get togethers with friends and family.
Servings: 12 People
Calories: 267kcal
Ingredients
- 8.8 ounces Original Snøfrisk® Goat Cheese 2 containers
- 1/4 cup unsalted pistachios, shelled
Olive Oil Thyme Crackers
- 9 ounces all purpose flour 2 cups
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp white sugar
- 1 Tbs fresh thyme 6-8 sprigs
- 4 ounces olive oil 1/2 cup
- 2 ounces water 1/4 cup
Roasted Grapes
- 1 pound thomcord, or other sweet red/purple grape
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 8-10 sprigs fresh thyme
Instructions
Crackers
- Preheat oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, sugar, salt, and fresh thyme leaves for the crackers in a bowl and stir to combine. Pour in olive oil and water and fold gently to bring dough together.
- When dough has come together turn out on a lightly floured clean surface. Press palms gently into dough to flatten into disc.
- Lightly flour a rolling pin and roll dough out to 1/4" thick. Cut into desired shape. For truly bite sized appetizers 1 inch wide by about 1 1/2" long is ideal.
- Bake for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the edges have begun to turn very lightly brown on the bottom. This may take several batches to bake all the dough. Move finished crackers to a cooling rack.
Roasted Grapes
- When crackers are done, place grapes on the baking sheet and drizzle with oil and toss with salt and thyme sprigs. Place in oven and roast for 5-7 minutes or until skins begin to wrinkle and peel away.
Assemble
- Open Snøfrisk® goat cheese and spread between 1/2 to 1 teaspoon on each cracker.
- Pulse pistachios in a food processor, or chop, until finely crushed. Sprinkle over goat cheese.
- Slice roasted grapes in half* and arrange slices on top of the pistachios, 2 to 3 per cracker depending on the size of the grapes.
- Serve immediately, or place in fridge for up to 8 hours. If prepping further ahead than that, wait to assemble until ready to serve. Yields between 70 - 80 crackers.
Notes
*Grapes can also be placed on the crackers whole for quicker assembly.
*Appetizers can be served cold or at room temperature and safely stay out for 4 hours.
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Nutrition
Serving: 6crackers | Calories: 267kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 321mg | Potassium: 134mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 306IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 2mg