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Broiled Figs and Westminster Blue Cheese

Figs filled with blue cheese, walnuts, and a garlic, vanilla, balsamic glaze.
Prep time: 1 hour, Lead Time: days

Submitted By: Executive Chef John Lawrence

Yield: Makes 40 Hors d'Oeuvre

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Ingredients

20 ea. Fresh Black Figs
8 oz. Westminster Blue Cheese
2 oz. Walnuts, chopped to small granules
2 or 3 roasted cloves of garlic
2 ea. Vanilla Beans, split and steep with the Balsamic and sugar
8 oz. White Balsamic Vinegar
1/4 cup sugar

Instructions

Combine the Balsamic, vanilla bean and sugar and reduce to a glaze. Cool.

Slice Figs in half and set aside.

Blend the Blue Cheese, walnuts and garlic and place in a pastry bag. Pipe the blue cheese blend onto the fig halves.

Heat the figs in hot 375 degrees oven for about 5 minutes and drizzle the Balsamic glaze over and serve immediately.

Posted: 12/29/2010 2:43:40 PM

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