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

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

2

Prepare a hot fire in your grill

3

Place the planks on the grill grate and close the lid

4

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

5

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

6

Sprinkle the goat cheese and fried pancetta on the figs

7

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

8

Drizzle with the honey and serve

9

Oven-Planking: Preheat the oven to 450°F

10

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

11

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

12

Drizzle with honey and serve

13

Loosely wrap each fig half with a strip of pancetta

14

Method: 1

15

Pour the fruit liqueur into a shallow dish

16

Sprinkle the pepper on a saucer

17

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

18

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

19

Loosely wrap each fig half with a strip of pancetta

20

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

21

Prepare a hot fire in your grill

22

Place the planks on the grill grate and close the lid

23

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

24

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

25

Sprinkle the goat cheese and fried pancetta on the figs

26

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

27

Drizzle with the honey and serve

28

Oven-Planking: Preheat the oven to 450°F

29

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

30

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

31

Drizzle with honey and serve

32

Pour the fruit liqueur into a shallow dish

33

Sprinkle the pepper on a saucer

34

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

35

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