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Cherry & Goats Cheese Salad with Honey & Thyme Dressing

June 25, 2019 by Jane Saunders 10 Comments

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Cherry & Goats Cheese Salad with Honey & Thyme Dressing contains plenty of crunch, plus dreamy creaminess and a good fruity bite. It’s summer on a plate and so easy to assemble.

Close up view of Cherry & Goats Cheese Salad with hazelnuts, almonds & honey dressing

Nothing beats a good salad in the summer. And when I say a good salad, I mean crisp & juicy ingredients, a range of textures, a protein hit and a drizzle of complementary dressing to tie everything together. Bye-bye limp lettuce and bottled salad cream… hello succulent cherries, creamy goats cheese and herby honey vinaigrette.

I decided to cobble together this Cherry & Goats Cheese Salad with Honey & Thyme Dressing after I recently posted a fairly old picture of some goats cheese with cherries, honey and thyme on Instagram. Here it is. It proved popular and that got my mind around to the idea that I really should do something proper with this flavour-combo that I have loved for quite some time. So I whipped up an easy to assemble and flavour-packed summer salad.

But I also made some crostini. This simple snack was how I first enjoyed the delights of goats cheese, cherry & honey all mingled together straight after I took that old photo. Honestly, if the salad is easy, then these Cherry & Goats Cheese Crostini with Honey are a walk in the park on a sunny day.

Crostini with goats cheese, cherries and honey next to a bowl of cherries

How to Make the Salad

This salad takes just minutes to prepare and creates almost no washing up. The trick is to assemble it straight onto the serving plate, so the only extra items to wash are the chopping board, a knife and a pot for mixing the dressing in. Hurrah.

  • Start by piling the salad leaves onto the plate. Use Sweet Romaine or another similar leaf that is crunchy and not bitter
  • Layer up the sliced radish, cress, cherries and nuts
  • Top with a few slices of goats cheese
  • Mix all the dressing ingredients together in a small jug and drizzle over the salad

Total estimated preparation time – maybe 5 minutes tops. Double hurrah.

A plate of salad leaves with fresh cherries, goats cheese and thyme.

How to Make Cherry & Goats Cheese Crostini

If you are more in the mood for a carb hit than a greenery binge, then opt for a few rounds of crostini instead. Again these are ready in a flash. Just toast the bread, spread with goats cheese, top with pitted cherries and a drizzle of the honey. Job done.

Cherry & goats cheese crostini with honey next to a bowl of cherries.

Whichever way you play the goats cheese and cherry combination, you’ll be getting great flavour for minimum effort.

Overhead view of a plate of goats cheese, cherry and thyme salad.

Want more salads? Try these:

  • Raw Beetroot and Caper Salad
  • Roast Carrot Lentil Salad with Feta
  • Kale and Sprout Salad with Soft Boiled Egg

How about More Crostini?

  • Rustic Fig Prosciutto Gorgonzola Crostini
  • Taleggio Crostini 3 Ways
  • Breakfast Crostini: Mixed Berry Toasts
A Plate of Cherry and Goats Cheese Salad with honey dressing, radish and nuts

Goats Cheese & Cherry Salad with Honey & Thyme Dressing

Jane Saunders
Cherry & Goats Cheese Salad with Honey & Thyme Dressing contains plenty of crunch, plus dreamy creaminess and a good fruity bite. It’s summer on a plate and so easy to assemble.
5 from 5 votes
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Course: lunch, Salad
Cuisine: Worldwide
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2
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Ingredients

For the Salad

  • 1 Head Romaine Lettuce (or other sweet & crunchy lettuce)
  • 12 Cherries
  • 60 g/ 2 oz Goats cheese
  • 12 Almonds (blanched)
  • 12 Hazelnuts (blanched)
  • 2 Radish
  • 1 Pot salad cress

For the Dressing

  • 2 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 2 teaspoon White wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Honey
  • 2 teaspoon Fresh thyme leaves
  • Salt & pepper

Instructions

  • Wash the salad leaves and pat dry on a clean tea towel
  • Rip up the large ones and scatter over 2 serving plates
  • Thinly slice the radish and divide between the plates
  • Cut the cress and scatter over the leaves
  • Cut the cherries in half, remove the stones and divide between the plates along with the nuts
  • Slice the goats cheese and use to top the salads
  • Put the dressing ingredients into a small jug and blend. Season to taste, then drizzle over the salad
  • Serve immediately
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Cherry and Goats Cheese Crostini with honey drizzle on a bench

Goats Cheese & Cherry Crostini with Honey

Jane Saunders
Quick and delicious to prepare, these goats cheese & cherry crostini are a great party nibble or quick lunch
5 from 5 votes
Print Pin Rate
Course: Appetiser/ Nibble, lunch, Snack
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2 People
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Ingredients

  • 6 Thin slices baguette style bread
  • 90 g/ 3 oz Goats cheese
  • 6 Fresh cherries
  • Honey – for drizzling
  • Fresh thyme

Instructions

  • Toast the bread
  • Divide the goats cheese between the slices and spread it out
  • Half and stone the cherries and use to top the goats cheese
  • Drizzle a little honey across the crostini just before serving and garnish with a small spring of fresh thyme
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Comments

  1. Shinta

    July 01, 2019 at 12:23 am

    5 stars
    I love cherries, probably my favorite fruit if the season! I wouldn’t have thought to combine it with goats cheese, such a cool idea! Thank you for sharing

    Reply
    • Jane Saunders

      July 01, 2019 at 5:31 pm

      It’s my guilty pleasure during cherry season, especially with a touch of honey. Enjoy.

      Reply
  2. Vanitha Bhat

    June 30, 2019 at 11:16 pm

    5 stars
    Salad looks amazing! Need to add cherry this summer in my salad!

    Reply
    • Jane Saunders

      July 01, 2019 at 5:31 pm

      Do it Vanitha, it’s fantastic.

      Reply
  3. Jacqueline Meldrum

    June 30, 2019 at 8:14 pm

    5 stars
    That looks amazing! I am now thinking why do I never put cherries into salad. Sharing this one!

    Reply
    • Jane Saunders

      July 01, 2019 at 5:32 pm

      Thanks So much Jaqueline

      Reply
  4. Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry

    June 30, 2019 at 8:09 pm

    5 stars
    What a tasty sounding salad! I wouldn’t have thought to pair cherries and goats cheese together!

    Reply
    • Jane Saunders

      July 01, 2019 at 5:32 pm

      They go together so well – and a drizzling of honey is the crowning glory.

      Reply
  5. Tawnie Kroll

    June 30, 2019 at 7:36 pm

    5 stars
    this salad was so refreshing – thank you!!

    Reply
    • Jane Saunders

      July 01, 2019 at 5:33 pm

      My pleasure Tawnie

      Reply

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