Prosciutto Wrapped Figs with Blue Cheese and Honey

By tulawdog

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons Port or other sweet wine
• 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
• 9 ripe fresh figs cut in half lengthwise
• 12 thin slices Prosciutto
• 1 cup crumbled fresh blue cheese (I used Maytag)
• 2 tablespoons honey for drizzling

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Pour the Port into a glass pie pan. Place all of the figs, cut side down into the Port and let marinate for about 15 minutes. Sprinkle the pepper on a saucer. Dip the figs into the pepper and place them, cut side up on a baking sheet.
Cut 9 slices of the Prosciutto lengthwise in half. Loosely wrap each fig half with a strip of Prosciutto. Cut the remaining Prosciutto into thin strips and then cut the strips into 2 inch pieces. In a small pan, sauté the strips until they are crisp. Drain and reserve. Place blue cheese crumbles and fried Prosciutto strips on each fig.
Place the baking pan under the broiler and cook until the edges of the prosciutto are beginning to brown and the cheese is melting and bubbling. Remove from the oven and transfer the figs to a platter. Drizzle the honey over and serve.