Baked Whole Figs with Goat Cheese and Cranberry-Sage Jelly
To toast the nuts for this recipe, preheat the oven to 375F. Spread the nuts on separate pans, and toast the almonds for 7 minutes and the pine nuts for 4 to 5 minutes. If you want to use the Willow Pond Farm jellies, these are available from www.willowpondherbs.com.
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To toast the nuts for this recipe, preheat the oven to 375F. Spread the nuts on separate pans, and toast the almonds for 7 minutes and the pine nuts for 4 to 5 minutes. If you want to use the Willow Pond Farm jellies, these are available from www.willowpondherbs.com.
Ingredients
- 12 fresh Black Mission figs, trimmed
- 1/4 cup soft goat cheese
- 12 toasted blanched whole almonds
- 24 toasted pine nuts
- 1/2 cup Willow Pond Farm Cranberry-Sage Jelly, or other herb jelly
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Cut a 1 1/2-inch-deep X in the top of each fig, and squeeze the sides gently to open up the top.Arrange the figs on a baking sheet, standing with cut ends up.
- Spoon 1 teaspoon goat cheese into each fig, mounding the cheese slightly. Press an almond and 2 pine nuts onto the cheese.
- Warm the jelly in a saucepan until it becomes liquid, and drizzle it over the figs.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until warm throughout. Transfer to a platter, and serve.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size Serves 6
- Calories 190
- Carbohydrate Content 37 g
- Cholesterol Content 5 mg
- Fat Content 4 g
- Fiber Content 3 g
- Protein Content 3 g
- Saturated Fat Content 1 g
- Sodium Content 55 mg
- Sugar Content 28 g
- Trans Fat Content 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat Content 0 g