Ingredients
- Fresh figs
- goat cheese, chevre
- thin-sliced bacon
Preparation
Step 1
Preparation:
1.Trim fig’s stem (remove any woody part)
2.Slice fig in half
3.Place a dollop of goat cheese on sliced side of fig
4.Gently press cheese into fig
5.Place figs on baking sheet or ovenproof pan.
Preparation, cont’d:
6. Cut a bacon strip in half.
7. Place bacon over cheese and fig.
8 .Trim bacon so it overhangs fig. Bacon shrinks, so it should touch cooking surface, like an oversized blanket.
9. Set oven to broil setting.
10.Place figs two rack levels below broiler. You want a slow broil
11.Broil about 10 minutes, keep an eye on them throughout. Bacon will shrink, crisp up a bit, and encapsulate the fig. Goat cheese will melt and the fig will carmelize a bit.
12. Remove when bacon is half chewy, half crispy.
13. Let cool to touch before eating
14. Devour at will.