Sometimes the things left over from the weekend that need using up make the best dinners! This is what I made and promptly devoured this evening. The first half I really enjoyed. The second half? Well, I decided to drizzle a little honey over the top and put it back in the oven for a few minutes and I REALLY enjoyed it.(Serves 2 as a main course or 4 as a starter)
1 small pre-cooked oven baguette (or a fresh one would work too I suppose, but this is what I had to hand)
A good few dollops of homemade tomato sauce
2 large, ripe figs, sliced into 6
8 decent slices of goat's cheese
2 large slices of Parma Ham, cut in half
Heat the baguette at around 220°C (or follow instructions on a packaged oven baguette) until warm and slightly crunchy on the outside. Remove from the oven and cut in half. Cut these halves in half again lengthways.
On each slice, spread three or four teaspoons of the tomato sauce and cover with half a slice of Parma Ham.
Lay three slices of fig over the Parma Ham and then two slices of goat's cheese on top of that.
Put in the oven for ten minutes at 220°C or until goat's cheese is melted and golden.
For something really yummy, drizzle a little runny honey over the toasts once removed from the oven. Put them back in for a few more minutes, keeping an eye on them to make sure the honey doesn't burn. Remove, enjoy!
Oh how I do so agree with that: left overs are a real treat. Mixing stuff on a plate that would not "normally" be found together, and in combinations that will never be repeated is like poetry: it just expresses a moment in time.
RépondreSupprimerI know! I've randomly concocted some really delicious stuff that way that I never expected would be so tasty! Then when you go to try and do it again, you can't!
RépondreSupprimer...sometimes in fact it's sufficient to just put the individual random items on a plate and eat them as they come without necessarily having to get out the pots, pan and utensils.
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