Goat Cheese Salad
by Joanne Harris and Fran Warde
from My French Kitchen
(William Morrow, 2003)
Serves 6

There are different types of goat cheese, such as the delightfully named crottins de chèvre, but for this recipe it's better to use the bûche,or log-shaped cheeses. There is a wonderfully earthy taste to good goat cheese, which mixes beautifully with really fresh salad leaves, crunchy walnuts, and good, spicy olives.

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1. Heat the broiler.

2. Cut the goat cheese into six equal rounds and put one on top of each slice of baguette. Put them on the broiler rack but do not broil yet.

3. Put the vinegar, mustards, and salt and pepper in a covered jar and shake vigorously until smooth. Add the olive oil and shake again to blend. Pour the dressing into a mixing bowl, add the greens, olives, and walnuts, and toss well.

4. Put the baguettes with cheese under the broiler and cook for 2 minutes until the cheese is coloring and bubbling.

5. Serve at once on a bed of dressed greens.