As “Fig Week” marches on, we’ve got another easy fig recipe for you. It’s a luscious dessert (that doubles as a naughty breakfast) and is a snap to make. Once again, we deploy our trusty hard-working toaster oven.
Ingredients
Dash of Zested Lemon
8 scoops Mascarpone
15 Figs
Swirl of Vanilla Bean Paste
Dusting of CinnamonInstructions
Preheat the toaster oven (or regular if that’s what you’ve got) to 400°F.
Slice figs in half (in quarters if they’re big) and put into a baking dish. Top with spoonfuls of mascarpone. Once you’ve dolloped to your heart’ts content, add a dash of freshly zested lemon, a swirl of vanilla bean paste and a dusting of cinnamon.
This will bake fast — give it ten minutes or so. You want the mascarpone to just begin to break, as the fat starts to separate out of the cheese. Just enough, and you’ll have lovely golden-colored beading on the melting mascarpone, and the figs will be warm. Serve without further ceremony or adornment, as this dish has all it (and you) need.
3 comments
I can’t wait to try this recipe!! Fig season can’t get here fast enough! Could you do this with peaches too?
You bet, Dani! We do a wonderful version of the peaches at our Thrill of the Grill class: we brush the peaches in balsamic, grill them, bake with mascarpone and then drizzle with amaretto. You in? : )
Wow, looks amazing! I love figs and can’t wait to try this one!