Blue Cheese Figs in a Blanket
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
40 appetizers
- Serves:
- 20
ingredients
- 10 dried mission figs, quartered
- 1 cup dry red wine
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 (17 1/3 ounce) package frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1⁄4 lb soft blue cheese, crumbled
directions
- In a medium saucepan, stir together the figs, red wine, honey, cinnamon stick and peppercorns. Bring to a simmer, then cook until the figs are softened, about 10 minutes.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer the figs to a small bowl; let stand until cool enough to handle.
- Heat the remaining liquid over medium heat, stir in the brown sugar and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Unfold each of the pastry sheets onto a lightly floured surface.
- Using a 2-inch round cutter, cut out 40 rounds; place rounds 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Brush some of the fig syrup on each pastry round, reserving the rest for serving.
- Drop 1/2 teaspoon blue cheese onto each round and top with a fig quarter. Fold the edges of the round over the fig and gently pinch together.
- In a small bowl, beat egg yolks with 2 tablespoons water.
- Brush pastries with the egg wash and bake until puffed and golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Serve warm with the reserved fig syrup for dipping.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
flower7
Galena, Ohio
I have a degree in archaeology from a small Ohio college and I work for the Ohio History Connection. My passions are art, music, books, food, history, and cats/animal welfare. I also love photography. I have a 1,000 (plus) piece collection of vintage flower pins from the 1960's, hence the username ha. I also have small collections of vintage butterfly pins, vintage tablecloths, and vintage glass Christmas ornaments. (Can you tell I love vintage?) I took a trip to the Netherlands in March 2006 and fell in love! I doubt it will happen but if I ever have the opportunity I would love to live there.