Goat Cheese Puddings

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole milk
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
• 1/4 cup honey, plus more for drizzling
• 1 lemon, zest of, finely grated
• 2 large eggs
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 10 1/2 ounces fresh goat cheese, softened log (about 1 1/4 cups)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• fresh raspberry, for serving

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, combine the milk with the cream, vanilla bean and seeds, the 1/4 cup of honey and the lemon zest. bring to a simmer.
• 2 remove the saucepan from the heat, cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
• 3 strain the milk, discarding the vanilla bean.
• 4 in a medium bowl, whisk the whole eggs with the yolks, sugar and cornstarch until smooth. gradually whisk in the warm milk mixture.
• 5 pour the contents of the bowl into the saucepan. bring to a boil over moderately high heat, whisking constantly until thickened, 1 minute.
• 6 transfer the custard to a blender.
• 7 add the goat cheese, butter, lemon juice and salt and blend until smooth.
• 8 pour the custard into eight 3/4-cup ramekins and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
• 9 top with raspberries and a light drizzle of honey and serve.