Third Course: Chocolate-Fig Crostini with Blue Goat Cheese.
I cut thin brown bread into rounds (I might have used baguette, but I was trying to be healthy) and toasted it in the oven. Once it was nice and crisp I spread a thin layer of the chocolate-fig spread on it, topped that with a small piece of amazing blue goat cheese, and finally put a half of a small and really delicious dried fig on top. This was more savory than sweet, by the way. Whatever you want to call it, wow they were good!
Fourth Course: Baked Figs with Greek Frozen Yogurt.
I made these baked figs based loosely on a recipe from Nigella Lawson's Forever Summer. I quartered the figs, but didn't cut them all the way through. Then I put each fig in one of the indentations in a muffin tin. I filled each with about half way up with a sugar water mixture (of water, sugar, orange zest and lots of cinnamon) and put them under the broiler for about 4 minutes (it probably should have been less, but my broiler runs very cool). I topped each fig with a very small ball of my greek frozen yogurt (I give the recipe here). I would have topped that with slivered pistachios but I didn't have any and perhaps a drizzle of honey, but I figured that was unnecessary when this had been such a healthy meal. It really didn't feel like it was missing something without that anyway, because it was still darn yummy.
I made these baked figs based loosely on a recipe from Nigella Lawson's Forever Summer. I quartered the figs, but didn't cut them all the way through. Then I put each fig in one of the indentations in a muffin tin. I filled each with about half way up with a sugar water mixture (of water, sugar, orange zest and lots of cinnamon) and put them under the broiler for about 4 minutes (it probably should have been less, but my broiler runs very cool). I topped each fig with a very small ball of my greek frozen yogurt (I give the recipe here). I would have topped that with slivered pistachios but I didn't have any and perhaps a drizzle of honey, but I figured that was unnecessary when this had been such a healthy meal. It really didn't feel like it was missing something without that anyway, because it was still darn yummy.
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