Party Food: Prosciutto Wrapped Figs And Blue Cheese

 

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Prosciutto Wrapped Figs And Blue Cheese

 

Ingredients

• 8 Black Mission figs
• 1/2 cup blue cheese, cut into cubes
• 8 prosciutto (thinly sliced, cut in half lengthwise)
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Preheat grill. You will need medium to high heat for grilling. The key is to crisp the prosciutto quickly and leave the blue cheese just melted with the inner part of the fig cool in temperature.

Cut the figs in half and place a piece of blue cheese on each fig half. Wrap the prosciutto around each fig half, covering the cheese. The ends of the prosciutto should overlap.
Grill each piece until the prosciutto begins to color and crisp, about 2 minutes on each side. Remove from grill, lightly drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and season with sea salt and pepper. Serve warm.


another version:

Prosciutto Wrapped Figs with Blue Cheese and Honey

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
2 tablespoons honey for drizzling

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.

May your new year be delicious!!! Doug and June