How Do You Make Prosciutto Mint Wrapped Figs With Goat Cheese Dipping Sauce?
The fig, in all its beguiling beauty, has seduced people for thousands of years and with so many physical, nutritional and culinary virtues, it’s easy to see why. While I like my figs tucked into cookies, jams and chutneys just as much as anyone, sometimes the best way to consume a fig is in its most basic, unadulterated form. In this recipe I plucked a few stems of mint from the front yard and tucked the leaves between a silky layer of prosciutto and a slice of fresh fig, securing each bundle with a small bamboo skewer. I paired them with a creamy goat cheese dipping sauce to create a light and fresh late summer appetizer. The savory dip marries perfectly with the bright zip of mint, subtle whisper of salt from the prosciutto and complex sugars of the fig. Fig season doesn’t last long and before you know it, this alluring fruit, adored in even the most ancient corners of humanity’s history, will be gone, so snatch them up while you can. for the goat cheese dipping sauce 1. In a small,
