Recipe Savoury Truffles with Fresh Goat Cheese and Pistachio Nuts

[MypinchofItaly]

Serves: 4 to 5 | Preparation time: 20 mins | Cooking time: 0 mins

• Fresh goat cheese: 100 g
• Pistachio nuts: 100 g
• Parmesan, grated: 30 g
• Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO): 1 tbsp
• Black pepper: to taste

Method

Coarsely chop the pistachio nuts and set them aside in a large and shallow bowl.

Tip: You can chop the pistachio nuts by using a knife or by quickly blending them in a food processor; just mind not to grind them too finely, as you need some coarse pistachio crumbs and not a pistachio powder.

Mix together the fresh cheese and the parmesan in a bowl, along with the pepper, the olive oil and 2 teaspoons of the ground pistachio nuts. Stir thoroughly to distribute the ingredients evenly.

Use your fingers to shape the cheese mixture into small balls, with a diameter of about 1 cm. Coat each cheese-ball with the pistachio nuts by rolling it on the ground nuts in the shallow bowl.

Place the cheese-balls on a serving tray and let them cool down in the fridge for about half an hour. Take them out of the fridge 10 minutes before serving them to your guests.

 

[Morning Glory]

I'd choose these over sweet chocolate truffles any day!