Caramelised Capricorn goats' cheese with soft fruit

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This dessert recipe with an unusual unusual mixture of fruit and goats' cheese is reproduced by kind permission from The Lubborn Creamery.

Ingredients

• 2 x 100g young Capricorn Somerset Goats cheese
• 2 tablespoons clear honey
• 75g soft brown sugar
• 125g blueberries
• 50g vanilla sugar
• 400g strawberries
• 50g raspberries

Mise en place

• Make the vanilla sugar 4 days ahead

Method

1. Slice each Capricorn Somerset Goats cheese into 4 and coat each piece with the honey and then the sugar.
2. Heat a large non-stick frying pan (or griddle pan) and over a gentle heat, brown the Capricorn Somerset Goats cheese for 1 - 2 minutes on each side.
3. Remove the cheese slices from the pan and place on non-stick baking paper
4. Place in a fridge for about 1 hour before serving.
5. Pre-heat oven to 180 C Gas mark 4.
6. Place the blueberries in a large shallow ovenproof dish.
7. Sprinkle over the sugar and cook for 15 minutes.
8. Stir in strawberries and return dish to the oven for 5 minutes.
9. Remove dish from the oven and stir in the raspberries.
10. Place 2 caramelised Capricorn Somerset Goats cheese slices on each plate and serve with the soft fruits.
11. (To make vanilla sugar, push a vanilla pod into a large jar of golden caster sugar. Leave for at least four days before using)