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goat cheese and honey phyllo cups on a marble surface, golden pastry shells filled with soft white goat cheese, glossy honey drizzling over the top, scattered toasted walnut pieces and thyme, warm natural light, shallow depth of field, rustic kitchen counter

Goat Cheese and Honey Cups

Goat cheese, honey, and black pepper are all excellent ingredients to bring together and create something that seems much more complex than it really is.
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Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 13 minutes
Servings: 15 cups
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 15 mini phyllo cups pre-baked
  • 5 oz goat cheese softened
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp chopped walnuts toasted
  • 1/4 tsp cracked black pepper
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves optional

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. Spoon or pipe goat cheese into each phyllo cup.
  3. Warm in the oven 4 to 5 minutes, just until the cheese softens.
  4. Drizzle with honey, scatter walnuts and thyme, and finish with cracked pepper.

Notes

Toast the walnuts in a dry pan for two minutes for way more flavor.