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Hot Goat’s Cheese Canapés with Fresh Figs and Chilli Spiked, Salted, Honeyed Walnuts

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

Course canapés, Hors d'oeuvres, Nibbles
Keyword chilli, chilli flakes, fresh fig, goats cheese, honeyed walnuts
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Author Susan

Ingredients

Salt and Chilli Spiked Honeyed Walnuts:

  • 75g walnuts (or use pecan nuts)
  • 2 teaspoons unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons runny honey
  • ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt flakes
  • ⅛ teaspoon chilli flakes, or more to taste
  • 2 sprigs of fresh thyme

You will also need:

  • 12 crackers of your choice – I used sourdough crackers from Sweden
  • 150g goat’s cheese
  • extra sea salt flakes
  • extra runny honey
  • slices of fresh fig

Instructions

  1. Collect together your equipment (see Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.

  2. Preheat oven to fan oven 180°C/200°C/400°F/Gas 6.

  3. First, make the honeyed nuts: melt the butter in a small frying pan, over a moderate temperature, with the honey, salt, chilli and thyme.

  4. Add the walnuts and stir thoroughly.

  5. Cook gently for 4 – 5 minutes, stirring, ensuring that all the nuts are toasted and are covered in the honey and butter mix.

  6. Tip out onto a baking parchment lined baking tray, separate the nuts, remove the thyme, and leave to cool.

  7. When cool, chop the nuts.

  8. Now, finish these delicious canapés: slice the log of cheese into 12 equal slices.

  9. Lay 12 crackers out on a baking sheet and place a slice of goat’s cheese in the centre of each cracker.

  10. Cook in a preheated oven for 5 minutes, until the cheese is hot and soft.

  11. Top with the chopped nuts, pressing them down a little into the soft cheese, to secure them. Transfer to serving plate.

  12. Add a a drizzle of honey and a sprinkling of sea salt to each canapé.

  13. If desired, top with wedges of soft, fresh fig. Serve straight away.

Recipe Notes

Equipment:

  • kitchen scales and measuring spoons
  • small frying pan
  • chopping board and knife
  • baking tray lined with baking parchment
  • serving platter

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.