Appetizer Deliciousness

Figs, Balsamic, and Cheese is a pairing a lot of people have done. I usually see it as a dessert or salad and almost exclusively with blue cheese. This is my savory/sweet play on the dish.

Ingredients
Black Mission Figs
Balsamic Vinegar
Baguette bread
Marscapone cheese
Coarse Kosher Salt
Pepper
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1. Reduce the balsamic vinegar until it is a thick syrup-like consistency.

2. Cut the bread into 1/2 inch crostinis. Toast them on a baking pan with a light drizzle of olive oil.

3. Mix in salt and pepper in the marscapone cheese to taste.

4. Poach the figs in water until they are hot all the way through but not falling apart. Cut them in half and assemble the dish on the serving plate.