Vanderpump Rules will have you thinking Pump has one thing on its menu: Goat Cheese Balls. Have I ever been to Pump in Los Angeles? No.
But, in honor of Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules, I am making my version of the iconic dish that has Stassi coming back over and over again.
#TeamAriana (duh)
Za’atar Sesame Fried Goat Cheese Balls
Ingredients
- 11 oz goat cheese
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1/3 cup sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp za'atar
- salt and pepper
- 2 cups avocado oil
Instructions
- Cut goat cheese into even portions in the size you want and roll into a ball, I made 7 out of the 11 oz
- Set up dredging stations: 1. flour seasoned with salt and pepper, 2. egg and egg yolk seasoned with salt and pepper, 3. breadcrumbs, sesame seeds, za'atar, salt, and pepper
- Bread goat cheese balls by tossing gently in seasoned flour, shake off excess flour, coat fully with egg mixture, then coat with breadcrumb sesame mixture
- Once breaded, toss the goat cheese balls back through egg mixture, then the breadcrumb sesame mixture again. So you are double breading
- On a freezer-safe plate, put breaded goat cheese balls in the freezer for 30 minutes
- Add avocado oil to a stainless steel pot over medium heat. Once it bubbles around a wooden spoon handle, the oil is the right temperature.
- Fry about 3 goat cheese balls at a time. If the oil is deep enough, fry for about 20 seconds. If not, fry on each side for 20 seconds.
- Remove goat cheese balls from oil and set on a wire rack over a paper towel. Sprinkle with salt
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