Fig Date And Blue Cheese Bites Recipes

WARM DATES WITH BLUE CHEESE AND PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• With a small paring knife, slit each date lengthwise and spread open just enough to remove the pit while leaving the date intact. Fill the cavity of each date with a small piece of blue cheese and fold the date over the cheese, pressing it back into its original shape.
• Cut a strip of prosciutto as wide as each date is long and wrap it around twice, enclosing the date almost completely. Place the dates on a sheet pan and bake for about 8 minutes, until the prosciutto is browned and the cheese starts to melt.
• Cool slightly and serve warm.

3-INGREDIENT BLUE CHEESE & FIG BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Lightly coat a mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Unroll pie crust onto a clean surface. Roll the dough into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. Cut 24 2-inch circles out of the dough with a biscuit cutter, rerolling the scraps if needed. Place the dough circles in the prepared muffin cups, gently pressing the dough into the bottom and sides. Prick the dough with a fork. Bake until lightly browned, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add 1/2 teaspoon fig jam to each cup, then top with 1/2 teaspoon crumbled cheese. Bake until hot, 3 to 5 minutes more. Let cool for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chives, if using.

BLUE CHEESE & FIG APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°F.
• Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry sheet into a 14-inch square. Cut into 36 (2 1/4-inch) squares. Press the squares into 36 (1 3/4-inch) mini muffin-pan cups.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown.
• Place 1 piece blue cheese into each pastry cup and top with about 1/2 teaspoon jam. Bake for 5 minutes or until the filling is hot. Let the pastries cool in the pan on wire racks for 10 minutes.

FIG BLUE CHEESE HONEY CROSTINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Sprinkle a few basil pieces at the top of each crispy baguette slice and arrange the thinly sliced pieces of figs on top.
• Crumble a few pieces of cheese over the figs (more or less to your taste). Repeat with the remaining baguette slices and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 3-5 minutes just until the cheese starts to melt and the figs are slightly softened.
• Serve as is or drizzled with honey or balsamic reduction.

FIG AND PROSCIUTTO APPETIZER BITES

Steps:

• Place goat cheese on a sheet of plastic wrap. Top with another sheet of plastic wrap and use a rolling pin to flatten into a 4x8-inch rectangle.
• Remove the top sheet of plastic wrap and cover goat cheese with slices of prosciutto, slightly overlapping the edges. Cover prosciutto with a new sheet of plastic wrap and flip both sheets over so the goat cheese layer is now facing up.
• Remove top sheet of plastic wrap. Cover goat cheese evenly with figs, basil, and black pepper. Starting from the long edge, roll tightly to form a log. Wrap log in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

BLUE CHEESE BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch pie plate with non-stick cooking spray.
• Slice each biscuit into quarters, arrange then in the prepared pie plate. Pour melted butter over the biscuits, then sprinkle the biscuits with blue cheese.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

FIG AND BLUE CHEESE SAVOURIES

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 2. Place the flour, butter, blue cheese, and a few grinds of black pepper in the bowl of a food processor and process until the dough just comes together and starts to form a ball.
• 3. Dump the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead a few times to pull it together. Then roll out to a 1/8-inch-thick circle with a floured rolling pin. Cut rounds out of the dough with a floured 1-inch round cutter and transfer to the parchment-lined baking sheet. Reroll the scraps (no more than once) and cut more rounds.
• 4. Using the back of a rounded 1/2-teaspoon measure or your knuckle, make an indentation in the center of each dough round. Spoon about 1/4 teaspoon of the fig preserves into each indentation, using your finger to push the preserves as best as possible into the indentation.
• 5. Bake the savouries until the preserves are bubbling and the pastry is light golden on the bottom, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.

FIG/ DATE AND BLUE CHEESE BITES

Steps:

• see above i would try with dates instead of figs

FIG AND BLUE CHEESE BITES

Steps:

• Form 1/4 teaspoon of the blue cheese into a small ball; repeat with remaining cheese. Press the cheese balls into the walnuts to coat on one side. Place a cheese ball, nut side up, onto the top of each fig slice.