Bruschetta with Bacon, Fig and Honey
Servings: 5 servings
Ingredients
- 14 figs
- 10 palm-sized slices of bakery bread
- 5 slices of thick bacon
- 2½ tbsp honey
- 8 oz mascarpone cheese
- flaky (Maldon) sea salt
Instructions
- Slice the bakery bread, drizzle it with oil and toast it under the broiler until golden brown on each side. Set aside.
- Wash, destem and slice the figs into ¼" thick slices. Set aside.
- Add the bacon to a frying pan and cook until browned and slightly crispy. Cool the bacon on paper towels, then chop into bits.
- Drain all, but one tablespoon of bacon grease from the pan. Add the chopped bacon, sliced figs and honey to the pan and heat until the honey loosens, bubbles and coats the bacon and figs. Remove pan from heat.
- Spread heaping tablespoons of mascarpone cheese over the toast, then spoon over the bacon, figs and honey. Sprinkle a pinch of Maldon sea salt over each slice of bruschetta and serve immediately. This recipe makes 10 slices of bruschetta.