Snacks & Appetizers

Fig Blue Cheese Tartines Recipe

August 30, 2013

By Karen Biton-Cohen

servings: 10 – 12 tartines

prep time: 20 minutes

total time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1 baguette, sliced
drizzle of olive oil
½ cup pesto of choice
¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
5 fresh figs
toasted pine nuts and chopped chives for garnish (optional)

Preparation:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Step 2: Slice baguette into 10 – 12 slices. Drizzle baguette slices with olive oil and toast for 5 minutes.

Fig Tartine - Step 1

Step 3: Once the toasts cool slightly, spread pesto evenly over the slices.

Fig Tartine Recipe - Step 3

Step 4: Top with crumbled blue cheese, and fig slices.

Fig Tartne - Step 3

Step 5 (optional): Sprinkle toasted pine nuts and chopped chives over tartines as a garnish.

Find more recipes from Karen Biton-Cohen at K. abc Food & Photography.

Karen Biton-Cohen is passionate about two things: making wholesome, nutritious food and taking beautiful photos.
She studied photography at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in Boston. Her enthusiasm for cooking stems from spending time her mom's kitchen, where she learned techniques for cooking and she completed her formal culinary training in August 2013.
Her two great loves collide at K. abc Photography where she shares her daily dishes and recipes. Karen currently lives in Tel Aviv with her husband.