12 Dishes Made Better With Goat Cheese

Hit that sweet and salty spot with this blend of tangy, creamy goat cheese, fig jam, honey and a dash of red pepper flakes. After a quick bake to make it melty, top with chewy and crunchy things like chopped pistachio and dried cranberries. Spread on baguette slices.

Roasted grapes are a flavor revelation — part jammy, part wine pairable. Place them on a fluffy cloud of whipped lemony goat cheese on toast and drizzle with hot honey. This is the appetizer everyone at the party will talk about the next day.

Beets make the pasta Barbie-pink, which is a visual delight. Add creamy goat cheese and pistachio before serving and prepare to awaken the senses.

Puff pastry tarts are simple ways to showcase your star ingredients. Change up the cheese, change the veggie and you’ll have the perfect tart for the season. Here, a goat cheese base makes a soft place for crisp asparagus to rest.

This recipe is an offshoot of the feta pasta trend on TikTok a minute ago. It’s become a classic though since it’s so little effort. Bake the goat cheese in a bed of cherry tomatoes, mix in your pasta and dinner is good to go.

Take your burgers to gourmet territory with this monster. Topped with thick bacon, crispy onion strings, homemade aioli and of course, goat cheese, this burger is special occasion-worthy.

Don’t let this seemingly-daunting recipe fool you. It seems like a lot of steps to stuff and wrap a chicken breast, but this recipe developer has a shortcut to make it faster.

Goat cheese is a classic salad topper and blackberries make a great sweet and earthy foil to its tart creaminess. Top with a honey-mustard vinaigrette to boost both.

Turn your goat cheese into a light sauce with this veggie-packed pasta dish. When combined with pasta water, this cheese gets velvety, quickly.

There’s grilled cheese, then there’s this beauty with roasted veggies and soft goat cheese. It’s a gorgeous way to get your greens.

Goat cheese is similar to cream cheese in texture and flavor, so it makes a fun substitution in this very berry dessert.

Goat cheese lends a tart flavor and nice texture to this fresh peach ice cream. Goat cheese would also pair well with cherries, plums or other stone fruit.