Charred Buttered Plums with Cheese

From the kitchen of Carly

Plums hit the hot skillet and turn jammy and caramelized, their cut sides blistered to deep mahogany. Crumbled goat cheese cools against the warm fruit, salt and pepper bring everything into focus, and good oil ties it together into something almost dangerously simple.

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medium

Ingredients

4 servings

  • 13 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 16 plums, pitted, halved
  • 18 ounces fresh goat cheese

Instructions

  1. Heat a medium skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium-high. Add butter and swirl to coat skillet. Arrange plums, cut side down, in skillet and cook, shaking skillet occasionally, until cut sides are nicely charred, about 5 minutes. Place, cut side up, on a platter and let cool slightly.

  2. Crumble cheese around plums; season everything generously with salt and pepper. Drizzle with oil.