Deep-fried goat’s cheese with pink peppercorn honey

These savoury cheese balls are a super easy snack to whip up when you have friends and family coming over. Crunchy on the outside and creamy in the middle, finished with a hint of zesty orange blossom honey

Ingredients

• 300g soft rindless goat's cheese log
• chopped to make ½ tsp thyme leaves
• 75g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 100ml-200ml soda water, ice cold
• 2 tsp clear orange blossom honey, plus extra for drizzling
• for deep frying oil
• 1 tsp pink peppercorns, crushed

Directions

• STEP 1

  Put the goat’s cheese in a bowl and mix with the thyme and a pinch of salt. Roll into small bite-sized balls. Put on a baking-paper-lined tray and into the freezer for half an hour.

• STEP 2

  Whisk the flour, cornflour, baking powder and a pinch of salt with enough soda water to make a thick batter. Whisk in the honey.

• STEP 3

  Fill a pan no more than ¹/3 full with oil and heat until it reaches 180C or a piece of bread browns in 30 seconds.

• STEP 4

  Put extra flour in a bowl then dust the goat’s cheese balls. Use a fork to lower the balls into the batter until coated then lower into the oil. Fry in batches for 45 seconds to a minute or until crisp. Scoop out and drain on kitchen paper, then repeat with the remaining balls. Serve drizzled with honey and sprinkled with the pink pepper.