Herbed Goat Cheese

Ingredients

• 0.3 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
• 1 tablespoon olive oil extravirgin
• 8 ounce baguette french toasted cut into 16 slices,
• 0.3 cup basil fresh chopped
• 2  garlic cloves minced
• 3 ounce goat cheese 
• 2 tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
• 1 teaspoon lemon rind grated
• 2 teaspoons oregano fresh chopped
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 

Equipment

• bowl

Directions

1. Combine first 8 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring well. Coat cheese evenly with basil mixture, pressing gently to adhere. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
2. Serve cheese with baguette slices.
3. Wine note: This menu boasts bright, acidic flavors and fresh herbs in both the Herbed Goat Cheese and the Lemon-Parsley Pesto, so you'll want a high-acid white that won't go flat against these zippy flavors. Try a Vermentino, made from an Italian grape of the same name found in Liguria and Tuscany. Campo al Mare Vermentino 2005 ($1
4. has melon and peach flavors delicate enough for goat cheese with an herbal, sagelike edge of its own. --Jeffery Lindenmuth