Best Fig Date And Blue Cheese Bites Recipes

FIG AND BLUE CHEESE SAVOURIES

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Delicate, crumbly little thumbprints that are the perfect combination of sweet and savory-a cheese plate wrapped into one crunchy little morsel.

Provided by Amanda Hesser

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Yield Makes about 36 hors d'oeuvres

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
Freshly ground black pepper
About 3 tablespoons fig preserves

Steps:

1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Place the flour, butter, blue cheese, and a few grinds of black pepper in the bowl of a food processor and process until the dough just comes together and starts to form a ball.
3. Dump the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead a few times to pull it together. Then roll out to a 1/8-inch-thick circle with a floured rolling pin. Cut rounds out of the dough with a floured 1-inch round cutter and transfer to the parchment-lined baking sheet. Reroll the scraps (no more than once) and cut more rounds.
4. Using the back of a rounded 1/2-teaspoon measure or your knuckle, make an indentation in the center of each dough round. Spoon about 1/4 teaspoon of the fig preserves into each indentation, using your finger to push the preserves as best as possible into the indentation.
5. Bake the savouries until the preserves are bubbling and the pastry is light golden on the bottom, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.

BLUE CHEESE BITES

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Canned biscuits, butter and blue cheese. Voila, a nice appetizer. Rich and so good and easy!

Provided by Ingrid

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Pastries

Time 20m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 3

Ingredients

1 (10 ounce) package refrigerated biscuit dough
½ cup butter, melted
5 ounces blue cheese, crumbled

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch pie plate with non-stick cooking spray.
Slice each biscuit into quarters, arrange then in the prepared pie plate. Pour melted butter over the biscuits, then sprinkle the biscuits with blue cheese.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 221.6 calories, Carbohydrate 12.5 g, Cholesterol 35.3 mg, Fat 17.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 9.5 g, Sodium 542.8 mg, Sugar 2.1 g

FIG AND BLUE CHEESE BRUSCHETTA

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Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network

Categories appetizer

Time 20m

Yield 16 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 baguette, sliced into 16 slices
2 tablespoons fig spread or preserves (or you can use plum, apricot, etc.)
4 ounces blue cheese, cut into chunks
Torn fresh basil, for garnish

Steps:

Heat the olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the baguette slices and toast on both sides until golden and crisp, about 8 minutes. Allow to cool, then spread with a little fig spread/preserves. Top with blue cheese chunks. Sprinkle on some basil.