Whipped Goat Cheese Bites
These beautiful whipped goat cheese bites are made with seasoned crispy pie crust topped with whipped goat cheese and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds and rosemary. The perfect holiday appetizer!
Servings: 24 bites
Ingredients
- 1 (9-inch) refrigerated pie crust unrolled
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 4 ounces goat cheese
- 2 tablespoons honey divided
- 3 teaspoons finely minced fresh rosemary divided
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon grated garlic
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream may need more
- Pomegranate arils
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- Using a small 3-inch cookie cutter, cut out little rounds in your pie crust. Cut out as many little rounds as you can, about 24 rounds.
- Lay your pie crust rounds onto the prepared baking sheet. Brush each round with olive oil and sprinkle each one with cracked pepper. Using a fork poke each round a few times so it does not puff up too much.
- Bake for 5 minutes or until they are golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool.
- While the pie rounds are cooling, in a medium-mixing bowl add goat cheese, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon minced rosemary, lemon zest, grated garlic and 1 tablespoon heavy cream.
- Using a food processor, blend until whipped and easily spreadable. If it's too thick, add more heavy cream until you reach the desired texture.
- Spread the whipped goat cheese onto the cooled pie rounds, top with a few pomegranate arils, a sprinkling of the remaining rosemary, a drizzle of the remaining honey and a few cracks of black pepper.