Creamy Goat Cheese With Pine Nuts & Cranberries

• 100 grams soft goat cheese
• 30 grams hard cheese, e.g. Gruyere, Comte, finely grated
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 15 grams pine nuts, roasted and chopped
• 10 grams dried cranberries, chopped (+ 2 for decoration)
• 8-10 sprigs of thyme
• 1 dash of freshly ground black pepper

1. Roast pine nuts in a pan at low to medium heat until slightly golden (no addition of oil/fat needed; takes about 10 min)
2. Coarsely chop pine nuts and cranberries.
3. Pick leaflets from 4-5 thyme sprigs.
4. Grate the hard cheese finely.
5. Combine hard and goat cheese in a bowl, then blend in other ingredients using a fork or spoon.
6. Form a ball or place mixture into a small baking mould or other dish layered with foil. Cool in refrigerator for at least half an hour.
7. Turn baking mould/dish upside-down an decorate cheese with remaining thyme sprigs and cranberries. Serve with Grissini breadsticks, baguette or homemade walnut bread..

goat cheese, hard cheese, mustard, honey, nuts, cranberries, thyme, ground black pepper

Taken from food52.com/recipes/27133-creamy-goat-cheese-with-pine-nuts-cranberries (may not work)