Goat Cheese and Tomato Gratin

This is a simple recipe that can be served as a meal or an appetizer.  I most often serve it as a meal.  You can make this with good canned tomatoes but it is always better if you use ripe garden tomatoes.

Start by finely dicing 1 large onion.

Saute it in a bit of olive oil just until it softens.  Add several finely diced garlic cloves and saute for 2 more minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Since I am still dreaming of summer tomatoes but don't yet have them, I used 1 large can of Muir Glen fire Roasted Crushed Tomatoes. Add them to your onions.

Add a bouquet garni of 1 bay leaf, several basil leaves, a bunch of thyme, some rosemary and oregano.  Tie all of the fresh herbs up with string and submerse them in the sauce.  Simmer over low heat stirring occasionally for about 30 minutes.

Crumble about 8 ounces of goat cheese into the bottom of a small casserole dish.

Cut up a bunch of fresh herbs of your choice.  I used the same mix as the bouquet garni omitting the bay leaf.

Remove the bouquet garni from the sauce and throw it away.

Sprinkle the freshly chopped herbs over the goat cheese.

Top with the tomato sauce.

Sprinkle with pitted kalamata or nicoise olives.  Broil this until the cheese melts and starts to turn golden around the edges.

I like to serve it with an assortment of thinly sliced salamis.

Spread it on thin slices of baguette.

Comments

Barbara F. said…
I could live off of this dish. xo
Anonymous said…
wow, that sounds amazing!! thats a fancy smancy knife you have, looks rather dangerous,
jody said…
yum! another great recipe! my children will be around next weekend ill have to add this to my menue list... to bad they wont be around more than a couple days i always have too much left overs. im making your sliders too. enjoy your day and your beautiful gardens and teddy!
brokenteepee said…
I can send you a goat....
Anonymous said…
I've never even heard of Tomato gratin before! This I must try but I doubt I'll get any tomatoes this year, they won't even grow in this cool weather we're having :-) :-) :-) Well, we have stores for a reason don't we :-) :-) :-)

Have a great day!
Christer.
I could eat the whole bowl! What a great dish.
Thank you for a marvelous sounding recipe, using Goat Cheese! It's all I can now eat, since becoming Lactose Intolerant.

A yummy recipe using it, I don't have. Now I do.

thank you!!!!
Wow, does that ever look delicious! I don't think we have those Muir Glen tomatoes in Canada, would it make a big difference if I used another brand I wonder? I could eat that dish up in no time!

Lovely recipe!
Anonymous said…
This looks yummy. I'll have to try it if I get to milk a goat this summer.