This weekend I wandered into Whole Foods after my Sunday morning swim, just for some parsley as part of Sunday night's dinner. And the first thing I saw when I walked into the store was a beautiful display of figs, on sale for 2 for $6. I have had figs exactly twice in my entire life -- literally. Once at a wedding and once when I was out to dinner with friends (and it was a fig spread for bread). It was very coincidental that the figs would be front and center, because on Friday, I had saved the name of a fig dish: Fig and prosciutto pizzas with brie and thyme.
So after some waffling, I went back and picked up a small basket of figs (I think these are black figs, but I don't know).
I settled on figs with prosciutto and mozzarella, plus some thyme. Instead of laboring with pizza dough, I used some pre-made flatbreads that we already had at home. They are some "artisanal" cracker-like things that we used to spread cheese dip on, and I figured they'd be a decent substitute.
So it was crackers/flatbread + sliced figs + mozzarella + prosciutto + thyme. So good!
Oh, and I burnt the first batch, too - whoops!
Fig & Prosciutto "Pizzas"
3 pre-made flatbreads/crackers
1 tbsp olive oil
4 figs
3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
3 slices prosciutto
Fresh thyme
Preheat oven to 450 F degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and place flatbreads on it. Brush each flatbread with 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Slice figs and distribute evenly over flatbreads. Sprinkle cheese on flatbreads. Rip up prosciutto into rough pieces and place on top of cheese. Bake in the oven and start checking them around 8 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a couple of minutes. Sprinkle with fresh thyme.
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