Name: Baked blue cheese with figs & walnuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6-12 ripe figs; 2 tbsp good sherry vinegar; 100ml red wine (or red grape juice); 50g walnut halves; 4 thyme sprigs broken up a little bit; 4 tbsp clear honey; 1 whole round blue brie or camembert (we used Cote Hill Blue from paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk, or try President Le Bleu); crusty baguette to serve

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Baked blue cheese with figs & walnuts

Baked blue cheese with figs & walnuts

Sarah Cook

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 20 mins

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Melted cheese pairs beautifully with baked figs and walnut in this easy baked dish. It's great as a cheese course or sharing starter

Gluten-free

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

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6-12 ripe figs
2 tbsp good sherry vinegar
100ml red wine

(or red grape juice)
50g walnut halves
4 thyme sprigs

broken up a little bit
4 tbsp clear honey
1 whole round blue brie

or camembert (we used Cote Hill Blue from paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk, or try President Le Bleu)
crusty baguette

to serve

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal295
fat18g
saturates8g
carbs18g
sugars18g
fibre2g
protein11g
salt0.6g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut a cross in the tops of the figs nearly, but not quite, all the way down to the bottom, and pinch the bases. Sit in a baking dish or roasting tin (big enough so the figs can sit in a single layer with the whole cheese) cut-side up, but don’t put the cheese in yet.
step 2

Mix together the vinegar and wine or grape juice with some seasoning, and pour all over the figs. Scatter over the walnuts and thyme. Finally, drizzle over the honey. Bake for 15-20 mins until the figs start to become soft and sticky.
step 3

Tuck the whole cheese in among the figs and put back in the oven for a final 5 mins. Lift the dish straight to the table and serve with lots of crusty bread to scoop up the molten cheese.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2014

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