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Sweet Fruit And Cheese Platter Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • 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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    " It was excellent "
    danadooley ate it and said...
    I love cheese and this sounds good enough to make me skip dessert. Great post.
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  • knoxcop 14 years ago
    Oh my! My, my, my. I think after a few bites of this treasure--everything else would pale in comparison!
    --Kn0x--
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    " It was excellent "
    peetabear ate it and said...
    this is one of my favorite types of desserts or appetizer... good post ^5
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    " It was excellent "
    valinkenmore ate it and 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!
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