Fig Salad

Submitted by ellie_

"Recipe source: Bon Appetit (September 2009)"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup goat milk yogurt
• 1⁄2 cup goat cheese, crumbled
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 24 black mission figs, halved lengthwise
• sea salt (or Fleur de sel)
• 2 bunches pepper, cress thick stems trimmed or 2 bunches watercress, thick stems trimmed
• 1 cup mint leaf
• olive oil
• 1 dried Indonesian long pepper, ground in a spice mill

directions

1. In a medium bowl whisk together first five ingredients (yogurt - lemon juice), season with salt and pepper and set aside.
2. Sprinkle figs with fleur de sel (sea salt); set in the center of a plate. Drizzle dressing over figs; scatter the pepper cress and mint over the figs. Season with olive oil and Indonesian pepper.

Reviews

[Pesto lover]

This made a great dessert. I used greek yogurt and used very ripe figs from my tree. I skipped the watercress, but I did sprinkle with mint. I skipped the oilive oil. We loved the flavor and I will make this again. Thanks for sharing the recipe.