These bacon-wrapped figs with goat cheese are easy to prepare and make the perfect party appetizer (i.e. New Year’s Ever) to satisfy all of your guests.
My favorite part about working (interning) for a food magazine is all the free food (and wine) we get to eat/take home. In June, people from the California Fig Association gave the Food Arts‘ office a visit and brought with them all nature of fresh and dried figs, along with a fig-focused lunch—yum!
I don’t think I had ever tasted a pure fig up until that point. Prior to that fateful encounter, I think figs had only ever entered my mouth by way of the Fig Newton. I don’t remember when that was (maybe sometime in the late ’90s), but I doubt it paid any justice to an actual fig.
After this visit I was inspired to put the dried figs I had taken home as swag to good use, and my friend’s wine party was the perfect occasion. This makes a handy appetizer for parties because it already comes on a toothpick! The combination of salt, sweet, fruit, smoke, and tang is wonderful.
One future note—which I included in the instructions below—is to be sure to flip the figs over during the cooking process. I neglected this step and the part touching the pan got a little…”crispier”…than I would have liked. Enjoy!
More Party Recipes:
Fig, Prosciutto & Arugula Pizza
Caramelized Onion Greek Yogurt Dip
Cheddar Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball
Bacon-Wrapped Figs with Goat Cheese
The combination of salt, sweet, fruit, smoke, and tang is wonderful. This makes a handy appetizer for parties because it already comes on a toothpick!
Ingredients
- 8 dried figs, sliced in half (I used the Calimyrna variety)
- 8 strips bacon, cut in half
- 4 ounces goat cheese
- balsamic vinegar, for drizzling
- black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450˚F.
- For each portion, lay out half a strip of bacon, top with a fig half and some of the goat cheese, wrap the bacon around the fig and secure with toothpick. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat until all of the ingredients are used up.
- Drizzle with some balsamic vinegar and sprinkle with some black pepper.
- Bake in the oven, flipping figs halfway through, until the bacon is cooked, about 20 minutes. Serve.
YUM! This looks perfect for a holiday party!
You are speaking my language. I love this combination and will heed your fair warning about flipping halfway through while cooking. However, I would still have, happily, eaten them just the way you made them!
I believe that is a slight variation of Devil’s on Horseback. Looks yummy