Showing posts with label figs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label figs. Show all posts
Saturday, February 2, 2013

It's hot and we're having salad

It's summer in Namibia and extremely hot this year. The rain just doesn't want to come and everybody is eagerly awaiting the weather to change. Nobody feels like eating this days, including me and I find it extremely difficult to come up with any recipe what so ever. However, we must eat something. The challenge nowadays is to find something light but substantial, preferable salads.
In December my husband and I watched a cooking show on television, I think it was Christmas with Jamie or something similar, I can't really recall. They served goats cheese with fresh figs and walnuts. Straightaway I was back with my thoughts in my little French restaurant I was managing for a while back in Berlin and remembered the amazing salad served with gratinated goats cheese.

So, a few days ago we had our

Gratinated goats cheese croutons on a bed of baby leaf salad with caramelised figs and roasted walnuts


Gratinated goats cheese croutons on a bed of baby leaf salad with caramelised figs and roasted walnuts