Planked Figs With Pancetta And Goat Cheese

Serves: 5

Cecile Bahringer

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

40

Spice

45

Sweetness

43

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1

Clover

Directions:

1

Loosely wrap each fig half with a strip of pancetta

2

Method: 1

3

Pour the fruit liqueur into a shallow dish

4

Sprinkle the pepper on a saucer

5

Dip the cut sides of the figs first into the fruit liqueur, then into the pepper, and place, cut side up, on a baking sheet to marinate for 20 minutes

6

Cut each slice of pancetta lengthwise into 1/2-inch strips

7

Loosely wrap each fig half with a strip of pancetta

8

Fry the rest of the pancetta until crisp and crumbly and set aside

9

Prepare a hot fire in your grill

10

Place the planks on the grill grate and close the lid

11

When the planks start to smoke and pop, after 3 to 5 minutes, open the lid and turn the planks over using grill tongs

12

Quickly place the fig halves on the planks, cut side up

13

Sprinkle the goat cheese and fried pancetta on the figs

14

Cover and plank-roast for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the figs have softened and are scorched around the edges and the goat cheese has a burnished appearance and a brownish-red color

15

Drizzle with the honey and serve

16

Oven-Planking: Preheat the oven to 450°F

17

Place the planked pancetta-wrapped figs, sprinkled with goat cheese and fried pancetta, in the middle of the oven

18

Plank-roast for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the figs are scorched around the edges

19

Drizzle with honey and serve

20

Pour the fruit liqueur into a shallow dish

21

Sprinkle the pepper on a saucer

22

Dip the cut sides of the figs first into the fruit liqueur, then into the pepper, and place, cut side up, on a baking sheet to marinate for 20 minutes

23

Cut each slice of pancetta lengthwise into 1/2-inch strips

24

Fry the rest of the pancetta until crisp and crumbly and set aside

25

Prepare a hot fire in your grill

26

Place the planks on the grill grate and close the lid

27

When the planks start to smoke and pop, after 3 to 5 minutes, open the lid and turn the planks over using grill tongs

28

Quickly place the fig halves on the planks, cut side up

29

Sprinkle the goat cheese and fried pancetta on the figs

30

Cover and plank-roast for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the figs have softened and are scorched around the edges and the goat cheese has a burnished appearance and a brownish-red color

31

Drizzle with the honey and serve

32

Oven-Planking: Preheat the oven to 450°F

33

Place the planked pancetta-wrapped figs, sprinkled with goat cheese and fried pancetta, in the middle of the oven

34

Plank-roast for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the figs are scorched around the edges

35

Drizzle with honey and serve