Grilled Fig & Goat Cheese Toasts w/Rosemary-Honey Drizzle

These are quick, easy, and oh my goodness are they scrumptious.  I made this batch, and then ended up making three more right after.  Couldn’t. Stop. Eating. Them.  I have since decided that they’re a great appetizer for pot lucks, dinners, or snacks for any time of day… just keep finding excuses to make them!  This recipe post may make them seem more complicated than they really are- I babble a lot, but really it’s quite simple… heat grill, slice bread, spread goat cheese, and top with figs and easiest sauce ever.  If you don’t have a grill, no worries!  The figs don’t have to be grilled and the bread can just be toasted in an oven.

I LOVE figs.

They’re so delish.  And this time of year, they’re everywhere!

Last week at my mom’s, we went on a produce picking spree and gathered buckets of figs- a happy me it made!  Needless to say, I have been making fig everything lately…

figs galore in the figalicious household.

The sugars blacken super quickly, so just a minute or two and they’re ready!

And so pretty too 🙂

The beauty of this treat, in my opinion, is it’s natural earthiness…

rosemary, honey, figs, and goat cheese- a great balance

of nature’s goodies- sweet, tangy, herby, and delicious!!

1 small baguette

a handful of fresh figs

goat cheese

a few sprigs of rosemary

honey

ghee or butter

*you’ll want equal parts of honey and ghee/butter

for a small little platter of fig toasts for two- I found about 1 tbsp of each perfect

about 1/4 tsp rosemary is great for this amount…

Preheat grill  (I’ve used both an outdoor monster and an indoor electric- either works great!)

You want a high heat!!

You also want to make sure your grill is nice and

clean (and oiled if necessary) so figs will easily come off without sticking to grates!

Heat 1 tbsp ghee/butter and 1 tbsp honey together over low heat

(if adding more, just keep ratios equal)

Chop rosemary finely

Add to honey/butter and let cook over low heat

Once it begins to bubble, it’s hot and ready (easy right??!)

You can either let it sit over low heat until ready

to use OR remove from heat and then reheat when ready

Slice bread into about 1/2 inch thick pieces

(the fresher the bread, the better this will be, naturally!)

Using a brush or whatever you have around, lightly brush a little melted

ghee or butter over each slice of bread

Place buttered side down on hot grill

This will only take a few minutes…

Slice figs in half…

And toss on grill with toasts

This too will only take a couple minutes- even less

then toasts- the sugars in the figs darken quickly!

After about 1 minute, check a fig… if needed, leave on a wee longer, otherwise

remove figs and sat on a cutting board to cool

By now bread should be done too…

Remove and let cool

Cut figs into little thin slices

Smother each slice of toast with goat cheese

Now top each toast with sliced figs

You may not end up using all of your pieces- I found that I used

the nice fleshy middles and then just ate the ends

Plate and garnish with rosemary sprigs, if wanted

Now pour the (warm) sauce over figs and over plate- toasts will soak it up

Yummm… eat and enjoy!!