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Recipe: Goat Cheese Sformato

January 18, 2023 by Kevin Godbee

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Goat Cheese Sformato
Goat Cheese Sformato

Goat Cheese Sformato is a truly delicious and decadent appetizer. I didn’t even know that it existed until September 2022 when we had a family dinner at Olivia in Tampa. Olivia is a great Italian restaurant by Chef and restaurateur Chris Ponte. It was also pretty cool that night that there were two large tables of Tampa Bay Buccaneers players dining at the restaurant.

A few people that really know me and that have discussed food with me before have likely heard this story. When I was a kid, and my family made the infrequent trip to a restaurant for dinner, I would go through the menu, and the first thing I found that I had never had before—that’s what I would order.

That doesn’t happen too often these days, but it did when we went to Olivia that night. I couldn’t find an exact recipe for goat cheese sformato, so I made my own. Sformato simply means, “mold”, or in this case “molded” as the cheese mixture gets molded inside of a ramekin.

Goat Cheese Sformato
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Goat Cheese Sformato

This is a delicious and decadent dish that will impress at your next dinner party. It seems mysterious and complicated, but it is actually quite quick and easy to make, and not often seen on menus.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time40 minutes mins
Resting time10 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4 people
Author: Kevin Godbee

Equipment

  • Ramekin to use as a mold

Ingredients

Goat Cheese Sformato

  • 1 cup Goat Cheese
  • 3 Eggs
  • ½ cup Crème Fraîche Store bought, or make your own - see recipe below.
  • Salt To taste
  • Butter For greasing ramekin

Garnishes & Bread

  • Oil from Jar of Sun Dried Tomatoes
  • Sun Dried Tomatoes
  • Sliced Sicilian Olives
  • Sliced Kalamata Olives
  • Toasted Garlic Chips
  • Chopped Chives
  • Crostini

Crème fraîche

  • 1 oz Buttermilk
  • 8 oz Heavy Cream

Instructions

Crème fraîche (If not using store bought)

  • Mix buttermilk and heavy cream. Put in a clean jar, and let it sit out for 24-48 hours. It will thicken. It keeps in refrigerator for 5 days.

Goat Cheese Sformato

  • Preheat oven to 400°F
  • Mix the eggs and goat cheese in a food processor until smooth.
  • Add the crème fraîche and process until mixed.
  • Season with salt.
  • Grease ramekin with butter.
  • Fill the ramekin 3/4 full with the mixture.
  • Place ramekin into a baking dish.
  • Pour hot water into a baking dish, filled to 2/3 of the way up on the ramekin(s).
  • Place the baking dish on the lower rack in the oven.
  • Bake for 30-40 minutes. The custard is cooked when a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

Plating

  • With tongs, carefully remove ramekin from water and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
  • Place upside down plate on top of ramekin, and flip and release contents onto plate.
    Goat Cheese Sformato Out of the Ramekin Mold
  • Drizzle EVOO around outer part of plate. Drizzle oil from sun dried tomatoes on top of sformato.
    Goat Cheese Sformato Topped with Olive OIl
  • Top Sformato with Sun Dried Tomatoes, Sliced Sicilian Olives, Sliced Kalamata Olives, Toasted Garlic Chips.
  • Garnish with chopped chives.
  • Serve on Crostini.
Goat Cheese Sformato
Goat Cheese Sformato
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How to Eat Goat Cheese Sformato

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