Quick Dessert

Cheat's blinis with jamon and figs

Name: Cheat's blinis with jamon and figs
Prep time: 155 min
Total time: 155 min
Yield: 32
Ingredients: 16 dried dessert figs, halved; 1/4 cup (60ml) sherry or other sweet sherry; 2 x 140g packets pikelet bites (see note); 250g mascarpone cheese; 100g sliced jamon (see note) or prosciutto, cut into strips; Olive oil, to drizzle; Chervil (see note) or flat-leaf parsley sprigs, to garnish

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With gorgeous jamon, sherry-soaked figs and rich mascarpone, you can create gourmet nibbles without the fuss.

16 dried dessert figs, halved
1/4 cup (60ml) Pedro Ximenez sherry or other sweet sherry
2 x 140g packets pikelet bites (see note)
250g mascarpone cheese
100g sliced jamon (see note) or prosciutto, cut into strips
Olive oil, to drizzle
Chervil (see note) or flat-leaf parsley sprigs, to garnish

Method

1.

Soak the dried dessert figs in the sherry for 2 hours or until they have absorbed all the liquid.
2.

Place the pikelets on a platter and spread each with a little mascarpone. Add a small scroll of jamon and a piece of fig. Sprinkle with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, drizzle over oil and garnish with chervil or parsley.

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