Ilse's Kitchen - culinary adventures of a girl who loves to eat

You know those days when you just don’t feel like dinner in the traditional sense, but would rather fork in snacks all evening? Yeah, I was having one of those - so I thought if I was going to go that way and succumb to my snack attack, then I might as well make myself some *proper* snacks. Ahem. This one definitely passed the test. :) Ingredients (serves 2): 240g wheel of camembert (or brie, that works too) 250g strawberries 1.5 tbsp honey 1 tsp white balsamic vinegar (if you don’t have the white kind, just use brown) 1 tbsp finely chopped mint 1 tbsp chopped walnuts Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius Instructions: 1. In a bowl, mix the honey and balsamic vinegar together. 2. Remove the green hearts from the strawberries and slice them in half. If they are big, quarter them. Then add them to the balsamic-honey mixture and stir around to coat them all. 3. Spread on a baking tray or dish covered in baking parchment. Bake for approximately 10 minutes, so they...

Ingredients: 300g soft goat cheese, tough outer edge removed 1 cup fine breadcrumbs 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives 2 large eggs handful of flour Salt and black pepper 1 bottle vegetable oil Instructions: 1. Take the goat cheese and roll into balls, a little smaller in size than a cherry tomato. You don’t want them to be too big, they’ll grow with the breadcrumbs and if they’re too large the centre won’t heat through when you fry them.  2. Roll the goat cheese balls in flour until they are coated, then set in the freezer for about an hour. 3. Mix the bread crumbs with cayenne pepper, a bit of salt and black pepper, and the chopped chives. 4. Place an egg in a large bowl, whisky it lightly to thoroughly mix the yolk and the white.  5. Remove the balls from the freezer. One by one, roll them through the egg mixture and then immediately through the breadcrumb mixture. Set aside, and roll the next....