Baked figs and Blue cheese
I am still in my red phase, or fig phase, don’t know which, which started with the red Afghan carpet I bought. I need very visually stimulating food and things around me and that is not a phase, it is just how it is.
I just put the blue cheese in the sliced figs with a sprig of thyme and baked at 180 until soft and gooyy. Green grapes and baked figs made a great salad in what is a hot summer in Cape Town.
Baked figs and ice cold green grapes
Red post or not, this blue fig one will go to the Cheese, Please! April challenge featuring the blues.
Cheese Please!Blog Challenge
We are doing short over-night road trips over weekends to the wine farms and surrounds to clear the brain and I always pick up fresh produce and cheeses along the way. I wish we had time for a longer break but alas, it will not happen now.
Ataraxia Wine Farm, Hemel&Aarde Valley
Figs will always remind me of the huge fig tree in front of our house when I started my school years in George, Eastern Cape. There was often a big juicy red fig in my packed lunch, which even then I could not wait to get my teeth into. Strange if you think that others had sweets or crisps and I wanted fruit, strange kid indeed. I am still strange, come to think of it.
Figs, Feta & Capers
This fig salad was made with baby spinach, sun-dried tomato feta and capers(my latest craze).
Baked Ricotta&Beetroot Pots
The funny red concoction happened when I adjusted my baked Ricotta Vegetable Pots Recipe to make baked beetroot and ricotta pots. Dark, deep red. Oh, and of course I added vintage cheddar to the beetroot mix. Great combination. Instead of pouring the ricotta mix over oven baked beetroot(drizzled with balsamic cream), I mixed the beetroot and ricotta mix with added vintage cheddar in a mixer to form a paste and then baked it in individual ramekins. Do NOT forget to put the lid on the mixer…ahem…uh, okay it took very long to clean the kitchen……
Random Photo:
Good night Cape Town
Lion’s Head Cape Town
My mond water en my hart trek met n punt!
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Toemaar een van die dae…..
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Kan nie wag nie
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gobble gobble….is what I would do with these. They look yummy! I want. 😀
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Try them!
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Absolutely! 🙂
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Pragtige Leeukop foto
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Dit slaan mens se asem weg ne
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Beslis, mooi bly darem maar mooi!
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Was just thinking of fig and camembert yesterday and saw this – will definitely try your fig and blue cheese bake with grapes – and the wine ofcourse :)….. Shared – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Life-Inspired/547412575307267?ref=hl
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The sweetness of the figs when baked just works with any cheese. Thanks for the shared link!
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I absolutely loved it! This was our midday snack today (you were right, perfect for the heat in CT) – with each bite, savoured, it was perfect, thank you so much, I will keep an eye on your news feeds 🙂 xxx
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Lovely! Glad you enjoyed.
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Growing up in colder climates as a child the fig was only around at Christmas in its candied dry form, It is only when I became an adult that I had them fresh – so delicious. Love this combination of flavours (and colours)
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Thanks you. I buy them in any shape or form!
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Die vye lyk soooo lekker! Ja ek onthou daardie boom! Het baie in hom geklim ook!! Pragtige foto van Leeukop!!
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50 York Straat!
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WOW! Will definitely try some of these at KOS!
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You go KOS!
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Everything looks so beautiful, the figs, the salad, the colours, it must be the red in it. 😉
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Thank you! Yup, red all red!
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Oh wow! those figs look really really yummy! great idea!
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Thanks! They were also sweet and perfectly ripe.
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Yum! Your presentation is always so beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you! I think in color.
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Love this presentation of figs. How beautiful!
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Thank you, they were so fresh and needed to be “staged”.
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Your red phase has me looking forward to the arrival of figs in our market in a month or two…just beautiful dishes you created.
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Thank you very much. You won’t believe it but I for the first time this year saw micro figs in the shops. Minute, small as a brussel sprout. Too beautiful. Enjoy fig time when it comes your way!
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Just reading this made me hungry. From one foodie to another, thank you. Following and look forward to reading more of your posts. Lovely to meet you.
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Thank you for the follow. I find your blog fascinating and refreshing!
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Thank you! 🙂
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They look gorgeous! Such a classic combination – and the red background is perfect against the figs, so pretty. Thanks for sharing this with Cheese, Please! this month. Yum.
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Thank you. I love reading all of the cheese challenge posts.
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Mmmm figs are a real favourite of mine, and these sound super – I love the way you’ve presented them 😉 Thanks!
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Thank you for reading. Yes fig and cheese, two of my firm favorites for sure.
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