Hot, creamy goat's cheese, topped with chilli spiked, salted honeyed walnuts, served on crispy crackers and topped with a drizzle of honey and slices of ripe, fresh, sweet figs. A wonderful combination of sweet and salty, soft and crunchy, these beautiful canapés come together in less than 15 minutes. Rather wonderfully, they are as ideal to serve for smart pre-dinner treats, as they are for casual nibbles, whilst you are watching a good film or football on the television.
Makes 12 canapés
Collect together your equipment (see Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.
Preheat oven to fan oven 180°C/200°C/400°F/Gas 6.
First, make the honeyed nuts: melt the butter in a small frying pan, over a moderate temperature, with the honey, salt, chilli and thyme.
Add the walnuts and stir thoroughly.
Cook gently for 4 – 5 minutes, stirring, ensuring that all the nuts are toasted and are covered in the honey and butter mix.
Tip out onto a baking parchment lined baking tray, separate the nuts, remove the thyme, and leave to cool.
When cool, chop the nuts.
Now, finish these delicious canapés: slice the log of cheese into 12 equal slices.
Lay 12 crackers out on a baking sheet and place a slice of goat’s cheese in the centre of each cracker.
Cook in a preheated oven for 5 minutes, until the cheese is hot and soft.
Top with the chopped nuts, pressing them down a little into the soft cheese, to secure them. Transfer to serving plate.
Add a a drizzle of honey and a sprinkling of sea salt to each canapé.
If desired, top with wedges of soft, fresh fig. Serve straight away.
Equipment:
When should I serve these canapés?
These beautiful canapés come together in less than 15 minutes. Rather wonderfully, they are as ideal to serve for smart pre-dinner treats, as they are for casual nibbles, whilst you are watching a good film or football on the television.