Marinated Goat Cheese

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon mixed peppercorns, lightly crushed
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 bay leaves, broken into pieces
• 3 ounces goat cheese (buy it in a log)
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
• extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 use a clean, sterilized one cup wide mouth jar and place the peppercorns, garlic, and bay leaves in the bottom; cover with a film of olive oil.
• 2 cut the goat cheese itno 1/2-inch rounds (you can get neat slices using unflavored dental floss).
• 3 place one round into the jar and drizzle with olive oil; repeat until jar is full.
• 4 add thyme and rosemary to jar and enough olive oil to completely cover the cheese.
• 5 screw cover on jar and let sit at room temperature for several hours, then keep refrigerated.