This is a starter staple in our house and everyone absolutely loves it. It’s so easy and really quick to make. I like goat’s cheese but you can use any softish cheese you like.
Ingredients
- 4 figs
- small tub of soft goat’s cheese (or similar), about 125 g
- 8 slices of prosciutto
- bag of rocket leaves
Dressing
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- salt and black pepper
How to Make It
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C Fan/Gas 7.
- Cut the tips off the figs and slice a deep cross in each, almost to the base. Squeeze the figs from the bottom, so the points of the quarters splay outwards a little. Put about a dessertspoon of cheese in the centre of each fig.
- Wrap each fig in 2 slices of the prosciutto, leaving the tops exposed. Place the wrapped figs in a roasting dish and put them in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes, until the ham is crisp and the cheese has started to melt.
- To make the dressing, whisk the oil and vinegar together and season with salt and black pepper.
- Put handfuls of rocket leaves on individual plates. Place a fig in the centre of each pile and drizzle the dressing on top.
