Maureen, from Atawhai...
Fresh Baked Figs With Proscuitto And Blue Cheese
A simple but amazing dish with stunning flavours that arrive at your taste buds delicately bursting them with each bite. It came from a Dish Magazine and I have made it several times when Figs are in season and have amazed guests every time.
Definately a winner in this house.
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Since September 2nd
Ingredients
- 8 fresh figs
- 50g cream cheese
- 50g creamy blue cheese
- 1/2 tsp toasted fennel seeds roughly ground
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- finely grated zest of 1/2 a lemon
- 1 tb lemon juice
- sea salt and fresh ground pepper
- balsamic vinegar
- liquid honey
Directions
- Pre heat oven to its higest setting.
- Cut a cross on top of each fig slicing them halfway down so that the sides open up like petals. Place them in a lightly greased baking dish just large enough to be comfortable
- Put cheese fennel garlic zest and juice in a blender and mix well. season
- Stuff each fig with a spoonful of the mixture.
- Drizzle the figs with balsamic vinegar and honey and add 2tb of water to the dish.
- Grill the figs until the cheese has melted and is bubbling a little
- Dont have the figs too close to the grill or the cheese will burn.
- Leave to cool a few minutes before serving. Place 2 figs on each serving plate and drape with proscuitto and garnish with salad leaves.
- Drizzle with an juices and give each a little grind of pepper.
| Serves | Cooking Time | Prep Time |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 10 mins | 20 mins |
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