5 cherry cheese salad emeril lagasse Recipes

italian bread , such as ciabatta, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices, excellent quality extra-virgin olive oil, kosher salt, ripe red heirloom tomatoes , such as brandywine, dutchman, or giant belgium, ripe green or black heirloom tomatoes , such as cherokee purple, black krim, green zebra or german green, ripe yellow or orange heirloom tomatoes , such as yellow brandywine, georgia streak, striped german, orange strawberry, kentucky beefsteak, old german, husky gold, yellow brandywine, or lillian s yellow, young arugula, stems removed , or sprigs of fresh baby herbs, well rinsed and spun dry, herb vinaigrette , recipe follows, assorted red and yellow cherry tomatoes or pear tomatoes, such as sungold, yellow pear, yellow currant, or principe borghese, halved, artisan goat cheese, crumbled, chopped chives, for garnish

homemade goat cheese , recipe follows, salt and white pepper, marinated cherry peppers (canned variety works best), drained, rinsed and dried, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, chopped garlic, chopped fresh herbs ( rosemary, basil, thyme, marjoram, oregano, chives, etc.), washed arugula leaves, sliced red onions, very thin slices proscuitto, milk (unpasteurized), buttermilk, rennet liquid or 1 tablet rennet (available in health food stores), olive oil, for seasoning, salt, pepper

bacon, diced, chopped red onions, minced garlic, freshly ground black pepper, salt, creole mustard, red wine vinegar, sugar, dried cherries, vegetable oil, fresh spinach , tough stems removed, washed and spun dry (about 12 oz), orange , segmented, goat cheese, crumbled

duck confit, removed from the bones and shredded , recipe follows, radicchio, end trimmed and roughly chopped, belgian endive, end trimmed and leaves separated, arugula , tough stems removed, vanilla-shallot vinaigrette , recipe follows, freshly ground black pepper, salt, stilton, crumbled, dried cherries or cranberries, kosher salt, coarse black pepper, fresh thyme, bay leaves, fresh rosemary, roughly chopped, garlic cloves, peeled and smashed, duck leg quarters, rinsed and patted dry, duck fat , or vegetable oil, fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, whole shallots, about 3 oz, peeled and stem ends removed, olive oil, salt, ground white pepper, vanilla bean, extra-virgin olive oil, champagne vinegar, fresh lemon juice, freshly ground black pepper, granulated sugar