Chèvre with Candied Figs

Name: Chèvre with Candied Figs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters balsamic vinegar; 3 Tbsps brown muscovado sugar, or brown sugar; 340 grams chèvre or other goat cheese; 4 fresh figs or 1/2 cup dried

Chèvre with Candied Figs might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 310 calories, 16g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, chèvre, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the fresh figs you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Fig Tarts | Fresh Figs in Good Company as a dessert.

Instructions

Slice the chèvre log, and place on an oven pan.

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Cut the figs into rounds.

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Figs

Pour the balsamic vinegar and sugar into a small pot, and bring it to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer until the mixture is reduced and sticks to the back of a spoon.

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Balsamic Vinegar

Sugar

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If you are using dried figs, place them in the vinegar mixture and let them absorb some of the fluid while the mixture cools.

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Dried Figs

Vinegar

Heat the chèvre cheese slices quickly by using your oven's broiler function for about 3 minutes, or until the cheese has slightly started to melt.

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Cheese

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Place the cheese on a serving plate, and top it with the candied figs and vinegar mixture.

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Cheese

Figs

Serve warm.

You can replace muscavado sugar with brown sugar, honey, or regular sugar. Always taste the mixture since the different sugars have different sweetness, and you might have to add more.

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Honey

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With their peppery honey flavor, Black Mission figs are the best money can buy. Fresh Black Mission figs are only available a few weeks out of the year, so if you happen to come across some, make compotes and freeze for later use.

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Honey

Figs

The sugar is available in light and dark flavors, and is a raw sugar made from sugar canes. Compared with regular refined sugar, it is less processed and high in mineral content. The darker sugar has a liquorish flavor, and the lighter version has a toffee flavor.

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Raw Sugar