Whipped Goat Cheese with Lime and Pomegranate

LA bowl with Whipped Goat Cheese and Pomegranate on a platter with crackers, crostini, lime slices and a pomegranate in the background

Whipped Goat Cheese with Lime and Pomegranate

This super quick light and creamy whipped goat cheese with lime and pomegranate is the perfect party appetizer. This is super festive for the holidays with the natural red, green and white colors.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Servings people

Calories 170kcal

Author Mara

Ingredients

½ cup pomegranate juice concentrate
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
8 ounces goat cheese plan
4 ounces cream cheese
2 limes juices and zested
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt to taste
¼ cup pomegranate arils
mint for garnish
baguette, crostini, crackers for serving

Instructions

In a sauce pan, add in pomegranate juice, balsamic vinegar and sugar. Bring to a simmer and reduce until glaze becomes thick. It should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Set aside and cool to room temperature.
In a high-powered blender or food processor, blend goat cheese, cream cheese, olive oil and lime juice, and all the lime zest except for 2 teaspoons. Blend together until combined and creamy.
Spread whipped goat cheese into a bowl, making sure to create a small well in the middle. Add in room temperature pomegranate balsamic syrup into the well.
Top with pomegranate seeds, mint chiffonade and whole, and lime zest and serve with accompaniments of your choice.

Notes

Room temperature is key : If the cream cheese and goat cheese is too cold it will not blend out smoothly as much as it would if it were room temperature.
Cool your glaze!: Cooling the pomegranate balsamic glaze to room temperature ensures it will not be too hot when poured over the lime whipped goat cheese. If its too hot, it could melt whipped goat cheese and make the presentation not as nice.

Nutritional information for this recipe is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. Please calculate your own nutritional information if you want it exact to what you make and use my calculations as a guide only.

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