Recipe

Sweet Fruit And Cheese Platter Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Wynnebaer / All my dishes 4 months, 3 weeks ago Was looking through my cheese recipes to find something to do with Mozzarella and found this....I can't remember the last time I made this but I remember it being a great dish. Prep:30m Cook:30m Servings:4	Wynnebaer
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Ingredients

6 fresh figs, sliced in half

1/4 cup bourbon

6 dried apricots

1/4 cup brandy

1 tbls. butter

1/4 cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup walnuts halves

1 pear, cored and sliced

1 cup balsamic vinegar

4 oz. fresh Mozzarella, cut into chunks

4 oz. Pecorino Romano, cut into chunks

4 oz. Gorgonzola, cut into chunks

4 oz. Provolone, cut into chunks

Directions

Cut figs in half and add them to bourbon, soak overnight

Add apricots to brandy, soak overnight

Preheat oven to 350

In pan, melt butter over medium heat

Stir in brown sugar until dissolved

Toss walnuts in mixture to coat

Take pan off heat and remove walnuts, leaving brown sugar mixture in pan and put walnuts onto baking sheet

Bake walnuts 10-15 minutes or until crisp

Let cool

Add pear slices to brown sugar mixture and cook over medium heat until caramelized

Let cool

In saucepan, heat balsamic vinegar over medium heat and reduce by 2/3 until it reaches syrupy consistency

On a platter, arrange chunks of cheeses around edges

In the center, arrange figs, apricots and pears

Scatter walnuts atop entire platter

Drizzle balsamic reduction over entire platter

Serve loaf of sliced crusty bread along side

~~Cook time does not include soak time for fruit~~

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Comments

valinkenmore 4 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Oh my - I must be in Heaven! This sounds wonderful. We don't seem to get fresh figs in Washington so I guess I could substitute dried figs. I might make a smaller version for my hubby and me this weekend! Thanks for the wonderful post and high 5 Forks to you!

peetabear 4 months, 3 weeks ago said:
This is one of my favorite types of desserts or appetizer... good post ^5

knoxcop 4 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Oh my! My, my, my. I think after a few bites of this treasure--everything else would pale in comparison!
--Kn0x--

danadooley 4 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I love cheese and this sounds good enough to make me skip dessert. Great post.

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