Easy Baked Feta Dip with Fig Preserves Recipe:- This Baked Feta with Hazelnuts and Figs is the ideal last-minute Autumn snack, for when you have guests coming over and you need to come up with something to serve them. I’m just going to say it. It is without a doubt perfect in every way. Honey, olive oil, herbs, and pepper are the perfect sweet and savoury combination, and they are accompanied by a creamy feta cheese, crunchy almonds, and jammy figs. When you bring this out, I guarantee that you will be the most talked about person at the party.
Easy Baked Feta Dip with Fig Preserves Recipe
In all honesty, the dish is little more than a variation on my Honey Baked Brie with Figs and Hazelnuts. As it turns out, I really enjoy this combination!
Ingredients
- 1 brick feta, use a sheep milk, or more creamy cheese, not too dry or crumbly
- 6 medium figs, cut into quarters, or eighths if they are large. Use more if the figs you are using are small.
- 1/3 cup 30-40 g chopped hazelnuts, or more as desired. see Notes
- 2 tbsp olive oil, plus more for final drizzle
- 2 tbsp honey, plus more for final drizzle
- 1.5 tbsp chopped fresh thyme or rosemary, divided
- 1 tsp freshly cracked pepper, freshly cracked makes all the difference here
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400F or 200C.
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Lay the feta block into a smallish baking dish. Scatter the figs and nuts on and around the feta.
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Drizzle with the olive oil and honey band 1 tbsp of the chopped herbs.
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Bake till golden and bubbling, about 20-25 minutes, or more depending on your oven.
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Finish with a final drizzle of oil, honey and the scattering of fresh herbs and cracked pepper.
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Serve with crostini, sourdough, seeded crackers etc.
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See blog post for more details and suggestions.
LET’S MAKE IT!
It is unimaginably easy to understand. To make this dish, all you need is a decent block of Feta cheese (use a good sheep milk that isn’t too dry or crumbly), chopped nuts like hazelnuts, which are my favorite type of nut, and some additional ingredients. Without a doubt, walnuts or pecans would also be an excellent choice. In addition to that, fresh figs are a significant component. Any kind of fresh fig will do the trick. If you are unable to locate figs, you could substitute fruits such as grapes, half plums, or even blackberries.
The flavour maker components are: honey, olive oil, fresh herbs like thyme, rosemary or even sage; fresh cracked pepper. That’s it!
BAKED FETA WITH HAZELNUTS AND FIGS
I’m just going to say it: this Baked Feta with Hazelnuts and Figs is the ideal last-minute autumn appetizer for when you have guests coming over and you need to come up with something to serve them. It is without a doubt perfect in every way. Honey, olive oil, herbs, and pepper are the perfect sweet and savoury combination, and they are accompanied by a creamy feta cheese, crunchy almonds, and jammy figs. When you bring this out, I guarantee that you will be the most talked about person at the party.
LET’S MAKE IT!
It is unimaginably easy to understand. To make this dish, all you need is a decent block of Feta cheese (use a good sheep milk that isn’t too dry or crumbly), chopped nuts like hazelnuts, which are my favorite type of nut, and some additional ingredients. Without a doubt, walnuts or pecans would also be an excellent choice. In addition to that, fresh figs are a significant component. Any kind of fresh fig will do the trick. If you are unable to locate figs, you could substitute fruits such as grapes, half plums, or even blackberries.
The flavour maker components are: honey, olive oil, fresh herbs like thyme, rosemary or even sage; fresh cracked pepper. That’s it!
ASSEMBLE
Try to use a baking dish that isn’t too big, unless of course you are doubling the recipe because you have a crowd to feed! This recipe is enough for four people as is. A smaller dish will contain the olive oil and honey, so that they won’t spread out too much, and will blend nicely with the cheese and fruit as you mush everything up when serving.
You’ll preheat the oven to 400F or 200C.
Set out the feta in the middle of the dish. Chop up the figs and nuts and scatter them about the feta. Drizzle the olive oil and honey over and around the ingredients. Finish with some chopped fresh herbs and cracked pepper.
A NOTE ON FRESHLY CRACKED PEPPER
Black pepper that has been freshly cracked is required. In the event that there is ever a time to bring out the pepper mill, it is for a cuisine such as this one, when pepper serves as the finishing touch. In the event that you are preparing a stew or soup, I would not bother using cracked pepper; instead, you can use pepper that has been thoroughly ground. On the other hand, the pepper that has been freshly cracked has the most robust flavor, which provides the ideal contrast to the cheese, figs, and honey together.
