Fig, Pear and Peanut Bruschetta

  • 16 bruchetta
  • Preparation
    10 Minutes
  • Cook
    2 Minutes
  • Total
    12 Minutes

Appetizers that are both tasty and easy to make can be hard to come by. This one’s a breeze as it uses just a few ingredients and is ready in mere minutes.

Ingredients

    • 1
      large ripe pear, peeled, cored and chopped
    • 2 tbsp
      (30 mL) dried figs (green or black), finely chopped
    • 2 tsp
      (10 mL) ginger, finely grated
    • 2
      whole cloves
    • 2 tbsp
      (30 mL) unseasoned rice wine vinegar
    • 1 tbsp
      (15 mL) brown sugar
    • black pepper, to taste
    • ¼ cup
      (60 mL) green onion, thinly sliced
    • cup
      (75 mL) lightly salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
    • 4 oz
      (113 g) package of creamy goat cheese
    • 16 to 18
      toasted baguette slices, homemade or store-bought

Instructions

    1. Place pear, figs, ginger, cloves, vinegar, sugar and pepper in a small saucepan over low heat.

    2. Cover, stirring occasionally until pear and figs soften, about 2 minutes. Discard cloves. Compote can be made ahead to this point then refrigerated up to 2 days.

    3. Stir in green onion and peanuts just before serving if compote was made ahead.

    4. Spread about 1 tsp (5 mL) goat cheese over each baguette slice. Top with a heaping teaspoon (about 7 mL) of barely warm or room temperature compote. Serve immediately or cover loosely and refrigerate up to 1 hour. Best served at room temperature.