While cruising in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, we were hiking ashore and came upon an ancient fig tree, laden with beautiful figs, many of which were ripe enough to pick. I filled my small backpack with 31 of the ones I could reach. Back on the boat, we treated ourselves to figs, stuffed with Blue Cheese and melted in the microwave. The following week, we harvested another 31 figs from the same tree, and served them to six of our fellow cruisers in ADAGIO's cockpit. We have found that the melting of the cheese creates a gooey appetizer. So we serve the figs cool or at room temperature, garnished with a dab of cold Blue Cheese, as follows.
Ingredients:
- 2 fresh Figs per person
- Good quality Blue Cheese
Instructions:
- Check each fig for serious blemishes, but no need to wash the figs.
- Cut off the stem, then cut each fig into 4 pieces, slicing from top to bottom.
- Place the 8 fig quarters on a small plate and garnish each piece of fig with a 1/2 tsp of Blue Cheese.
- Serve immediately as finger food.
Enjoy!
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