Prosciutto and Crispy Goat Cheese Stacks

I made this for lunch today. Blammo.

Ingredients:

2-3 slices Prosciutto

1 English Muffin

4-5 ounces of Goat Cheese

Panko, or other large-flake Bread crumbs

Olive Tapenade

Olive Oil

Directions:

1. Coat the bottom of a saute pan with some olive oil, and set it over medium-high heat for a few minutes.

2. While that heats up, portion the goat cheese into halves and make two patties out of it. It's a good idea to get your english muffin toasting at this point, too.

3. Turn your microwave to 30% power and microwave the goat cheese for 30-45 seconds, just until the surfaces get a bit soft. Even better, you could just leave the goat cheese out for a couple hours to come to room temperature. 

4. Spread a bunch of bread crumbs on the bottom of a bowl and drop the goat cheese patties into it, covering top and bottom, and all sides. Press the bread crumbs in a little bit so they don't come off when you fry them.

5. When both patties are well coated with bread crumbs, place them gently into the hot pan. Let them sit for just enough time to crisp up the bread crumbs. Flip, and remove from heat before they start to melt and ooze all over.  About 1 - 1 1/2 minutes on each side will do the trick. 

6. Take your toasted english muffin, drizzle it with olive oil, put a slice of prosciutto on top, put a goat cheese patty on top of that, and top it with a little bit of the olive tapenade. You don't want too much tapenade because the goat cheese is already pretty tangy. 

7. Crack some black pepper on top, and sprinkle with crushed red pepper (if that's what you're into). If you want to make it look fancy, sprinkle some chopped fresh basil on top. 

PS - I have these great cajun panko bread crumbs that are the freakin' bomb. If you've got something like that, use 'em. I like to throw the leftover crumbs into the hot pan for a minute, and then sprinkle them on a salad to have with this. Wowza.