Beth made a delicious salad with crisp prosciutto, goat cheese, and figs (recipe to come) so I had to figure something out to do with the leftovers. What better way than to slap them between some buttered bread? None I can think of. The pepper in the goat cheese added a nice flavor and the only thing I might consider doing differently would be roasting the figs to bring out more flavor. I can't think of three ingredients that go together better than prosciutto, figs, and goat cheese; a must try if you haven't experienced it.
Ingredients:
2 slices of bread (preferably Italian ciabatta or similar)
2 teaspoons butter
3 slices of prosciutto
6-8 black mission figs, halved and stems removed
2 oz goat cheese
Ground black pepper to taste
Process:
Heat non-stick skillet over medium heat. Assemble sandwich bottom to top starting with bread, goat cheese, pepper, figs, prosciutto, more figs, more cheese and other slice of bread. Spread one side of the sandwich with 1 teaspoon of butter and place buttered side down in skillet. Place heavy object on top of sandwich (I use my tea kettle on top of a second skillet) and cook for 3-5 min or until golden brown and cheese has started to melt. Spread butter on other side of sandwich and flip. Replace heavy object and cook another 3-5 minutes. Slice on a bias.
Damn dude that looks great! Prosciutto is the bomb on pizza too. You could throw some carmelized onions on that bad boy, they take forever though. Maybe some balsalmic mayo?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking prosciutto, fig, goat cheese pizza with balsalmic carmelized onions is in your future!
ReplyDeleteFor sure. I believe I've seen that exact pie on pizzamaking.com before. Next week I am going to make new york style again since I've got the crust down and I know what kind of cheese mixture I want. Then I think I might try some deep dishes for awhile.
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