Recipe - Crispy Potato Slices With Herb And Garlic Goat Cheese

2 Russet potatoes
One fourth cup Olive oil
8 ounce Soft mild goat cheese
3 tablespoon Milk, (up to 4)
One fourth cup Finely chopped fresh herbs,
i.e. parsley, chervil,
thyme, and/or tarragon
1 Garlic clove, finely minced
Salt and freshly ground
black pepper
Pink peppercorns, chopped
toasted, pistachios, finely
chopped red bell pepper
and/or fresh herb sprigs,
for garnish

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Cut the potatoes crosswise into 1/4inchthick slices and arrange in a
single layer on one or more oiled baking sheets, as needed. Drizzle the
potato slices with olive oil. Roast them in the oven, turning them once,
for about 30 minutes or until golden b rown and crisp. If potato slices are
roasting unevenly, rotate the baking sheet occasionally. Transfer the
potatoes to paper towels to drain and season with salt.

In a food processor combine the goat cheese, milk, herbs, garlic, and salt
and pepper to taste and puree until smooth.

Top each potato slice with a dollop of the cheese mixture either with a
teaspoon or piped from a pastry bag. Garnish each hor d'oeuvre with the
pink peppercorns, pistachios, red bell pepper or herb sprigs.

Yield: about 40 hors d'oeuvres

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8896 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #640 by
"Angele and Jon Freeman" jfreeman@netusa1.net on Jun 10, 1997