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:
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