Baked Fig Bites

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living- Miles Eustis, Arden, North Carolina

Categories: Appetizers- snacks

Ingredients

  • 14 small fresh figs stemmed and halved
  • 10 oz. Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1/2 tsp. pepper
  • 1/4 lb. thinly sliced country ham, cut in half lengthwise
  • Garnish: fresh rosemary sprigs

Directions

  1. Top each fig half evenly with Gorgonzola cheese, and sprinkle evenly with rosemary and pepper. Wrap ham around each fig securing with wooden picks; place rolls, seam side down, on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet.
  2. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until cheese melts. Garnish if desired.

  3. 10 oz. crumbled blue cheese may be substituted for crumbled Gorgonzola cheese.

  4. makes 28 pieces

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