Cheesy Fig Bombs Recipe: Figs wrapped in bacon stuffed with goat cheese
If there are figs in your fridge or on your tree, do I have a recipe for you: cheesy bacon fig bombs. Simple, salty, sweet, savory and delicious, figs stuffed with goat cheese wrapped in bacon is about as good as a recipe gets. Three ingredients, minimal prep time, and an explosion of textures and flavors.
A Fig Tree Grew on Vashon
As we left the ferry dock, lumbering up the steep hill of the island’s spine, someone was quick to point out that yes, I had already pointed out the loaded fig tree on the westside of said hill, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and now Friday. (I must have missed the bus on Tuesday.) He followed up with one more admonishment: my remarks were repeated round trip in frequency. (Ooh, not a fig lover, I suspect.)
While some may project such observations as prattle, fig lovers will understand my obsession at seeing an ignored harvest-ready fig tree branches buckling under the weight of perfectly ripe golden figs (either White Genoa or Peter’s Honey, I believe). To add insult to injury, it was the only fig tree on Vashon ignored by the crows.
As the lone tree (and fellow bus riders) mocked me, I found solace in the fact that I had three homegrown figs (1 Violetta, 2 Negronne) chilling out in my fridge; and I knew just what to do with them. I must thank my friends John and Beth for introducing me to this perfect culinary trinity last year at a cookout.
Recipe: Cheesy Bacon Fig Bombs
Figs stuffed with goat cheese wrapped in bacon
Ingredients:
- figs
- chevre (goat cheese)
- bacon
1. Split fresh ripe figs.
2. Make a small ball of goat cheese and gently mush (yes, mush) it in the soft center of the fig.
3. Wrap the fig and cheese with bacon or lay a small strip over the top like a blanket.
4. Place the cheesy little fig bombs in broiler safe pan.
5. Broil and turn as bacon browns (if fully bacon wrapped), no need to turn if just half slices of bacon.
6. Remove when bacon is browned and cheese is gooey and figs warmed.
7. Let cool a bit, and eat with fingers.
8. Chew slowly, savor, swoon and say, “pass me another.”
A note about prosciutto: I love prosciutto but I wouldn’t substitute the bacon with it, broiling dries it out like shards of jerky and ruins it in my opinion. If you want to use it, only broil the fig and cheese and then wrap with room temperature prosciutto once out of the oven.
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I am going to try this with bacon. I’m hooked on Neuske apple smoked bacon from Wisconsin. I just found larger figs than what I used this weekend. Larger figs means more space to stuff goat cheese! I love the name Cheesy Fig Bombs!! Thanks Tom.
Today, I picked three buckets full of Brown Turkish and Desert King fig and now I know what to do with them all! I’m also going to make Fig Ice cream, which will the perfect dessert to bacon wrapped figs with goat cheese!!! I can’t wait.
I really don’t know of a more satisfying dessert. If figs were in season right now, I’d plan this for the super bowl. YUM!
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Funny, I was looking up figs and found you. I’m on Vashon too. My fig tree is big. Do you have any suggestions for a fig picking tool?
Hi Elizabeth, there really is no fig picking tool other than the picker’s gentle hand and some needle-nose clippers. You don’t want to tear the fig from the branch by pulling it as it will turn to mush quickly. You may need a ladder, and then snip above the fruit at the woody tip. Figs do not ripen off the tree, so pick when only ripe and soft to the touch. Good Luck!