Stacked Cards with Spicy Heist
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TypeStarter
Serves4 people
DateOctober 21, 2026
An edible stack of 'cards' with heat and tang, just like the stolen loot from the news.
Thin, crispy toasts form a stack of 'trading cards', layered with sharp goat cheese cream and tangy pickled vegetables. The stack, slanted on the plate, mimics a pallet of cards from a van. Flavors pull: spicy, sour, and crunchy, matching the tension of the theft.
Ingredients
- 1 baguette, sliced diagonally
- 150 g soft goat cheese
- 100 g cream cheese
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 small cucumber, thin ribbons
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 red chili pepper, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Handful of cress
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Place baguette slices on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, and bake for 8 minutes until golden and crisp.
- Mix goat cheese, cream cheese, lemon juice, milk, salt, and pepper into a smooth cream.
- Combine onion, cucumber, vinegar, sugar, and chili in a bowl and let marinate for 10 minutes.
- Spread each toast with a layer of cheese cream.
- Add some pickled vegetables to each toast.
- Stack the toasts diagonally on a long plate, like a row of trading cards on a pallet.
- Garnish with cress for a green 'card corner'.
Serving notes
- Serve on a long platter for the pallet effect.
- Let the toasts overlap slightly to mimic a stack of cards.
- Sprinkle extra chili for more tension.