WHITE GOAT CHEESE AND HERB SPREAD BRYNZA DE BRAILA FRECATA
Ingredients
- ½ lb. brynza cheese or feta cheese
- ½ lb. unsalted butter softened
- 2 Tbsp. fresh chives finely cut
- 2 Tbsp. fresh fennel leaves finely cut (or 1/2 tsp.powdered fennel)
- 2 Tbsp. parsley finely chopped
- 8 fresh parsley sprigs
- 1 tsp. paprika
- 1 tsp. caraway seeds
- 2 med. tomatoes sliced
- 16 Greek olives
- 16 red radishes trimmed
- 8 scallions cut into 3" lengths
Instructions
- Crumble cheese very finely into a bowl.
- Add the butter and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon, mashing the cheese and butter together against the sides of the bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Beat in the chives, fennel, chopped parsley, paprika, and caraway seeds.
- Mound the cheese-herb mixture in the center of a platter and arrange the tomatoes, olives, parsley sprigs, radishes, and scallions attractively around it.
- Serve at room temperature with rye or pumpernickel bread
