Valley Fig Growers
Fig & Goat Cheese Squares
Preparation Time: 30 minutes • Baking Time: 30 minutes • Freezing: not recommended
Makes: 30
Ingredients
- 2 cups (500 mL) Blue Ribbon® Orchard Choice® Mission or Calimyrna California Figs
- 1 cup (250 mL) water
- ¼ cup (50 mL) lemon juice
- 1 cup (250 mL) toasted chopped walnuts
- 1 1/3 cups (325mL) Robin Hood® Nutri™ Flour Blend
- ½ cup (125 mL) brown sugar, packed
- ½ tsp (2 mL) Windsor® Kosher Salt
- ½ cup (125 mL) butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
- 2 cups (500 mL) goat cheese, room temperature
- 2 eggs
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Grease or line a 9” x 13” (3 L) baking dish with parchment paper.
- Combine figs, water and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook 5 minutes or until figs are tender. Cool slightly.
- Place fig mixture in a food processor or blender; process until smooth. Stir in chopped walnuts. Reserve.
- Combine flour, brown sugar and salt in bowl. Stir to combine. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press mixture in prepared baking dish.
- Gently spread fig mixture over prepared crust.
- Beat goat cheese and eggs until smooth. Spread over fig mixture.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until set. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Tips
Add 1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped fresh rosemary to goat cheese mixture. This makes a great hors d’oeuvre.
For a sweeter taste beat ½ cup (125 mL) sugar and 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla into the goat cheese mixture.
Nutrition Information
amount per serving
- Calories 167
- % Calories from Fat 44%
- Fat 8
- Cholesterol 27
- Protein 4
- Carbohydrates 20
- Fiber 3
- Iron 1
- Sodium 94
- Calcium 51
- Potassium 143
