Recipe Salad of Cream Cheese Bites in Herb Crust

For
4 persons

To prepare this dish

Ingredient list: Herb crust
100 g fresh breadcrumbs
100 g grated parmesan
60 g Fresh herbs (parsley, basil)
50 g Elle & Vire gourmet butter 82% fat
salt
pepper; Cream Cheese bites
120 g mixed green salad (e.g. mesclun)
320 g Original american cream cheese 34% fat
50 g pesto; Filling and assembly
100 g mixed green salad (e.g. mesclun)
10 g red wine vinegar
30 g ground nut oil
4 baguette slices
salt
pepper

Elle & Vire products used: Elle & Vire gourmet butter 82% fat; Original american cream cheese 34% fat

1
Herb crust

Chop the herbs finely in a blender and set aside. Blend the grated parmesan with the breadcrumbs then the butter to obtain a paste. Mix in the chopped herbs. Spread the paste in a thin layer between two sheets of baking paper. Refrigerate to harden.
2
Cream Cheese bites

Cut two slices 5 cm thick from a block of Cream Cheese. Cut out 4 bites with a pastry cutter. Wrap each Cream Cheese bite in the herb crust. Cook the bites under a salamander for around 4 minutes.
3
Filling and assembly

Arrange on a plate some seasoned green salad and 2 hot roasted Cream Cheese bites. Drizzle on three pools of different coloured sweet pepper oil and the thinly-sliced grilled baguette.