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fresh figs with a block of feta cheese in a white baking pan. Cooked with olive oil, honey and thyme.

Roasted Figs and Feta Cheese

Written by Published on Updated on March 4, 2025 in Appetizers, Mediterranean cuisine

Hi there,

This is a stunning  Roasted Figs and Feta Cheese appetizer prepared with freshly baked figs and feta cheese.  The fresh figs melt and the texture is smooth and tasty like warm jam.  Combining that with baked feta cheese will blow you out of this world.  I’ve tossed the sliced fresh Greek figs in olive oil and drizzled with honey over the figs.  I drizzled honey over the feta cheese before baking and sprinkled thyme and chopped walnuts.  Fig season is over in Europe specifically Greece, because I brought back these fresh figs for this recipe.  They were the last great batch I could find and were so delicious.

I used a salty Greek feta cheese for this recipe and with the roasted figs became a spreadable soft and sweet compote that is just irresistible.  Roasted figs are one thing but roasting feta cheese alongside it just melts and you can’t help but eat, scrape, or wipe the pan down with fresh bread, crackers, or whatever you can get your hands on.  So, try to find a block or blocks of salty good brined Feta cheese which is the key ingredient for this recipe.  One more ingredient that kicks up this recipe is the thyme.  Remember herbs always make a delicious difference in any given recipe.

While speaking to my mom the other day I mentioned this recipe and she told me it’s an old recipe prepared in her village.  My mom mentioned that my grandparents had fig trees in the garden back in the day.  She remembers her mom making if not the same recipe very similar to this one.  My mom’s village is quite beautiful in the Archadia Peloponission region of Greece.  A mountain village that has become a winter destination with winter resorts.  It has become a beautiful wonderland for those who love a calming, stay-in inside and chill vacation.

Wishing everyone a wonderful morning/afternoon/evening

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Roasted Figs and Feta Cheese

Roasted Figs and Feta Cheese

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Greek feta cheese baked with fresh figs olive oil, honey, thyme, and walnuts. A delicious appetizer with greek ingredients.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Entree, Snacks
Cuisine Greek, Mediterranean
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 250 grams feta cheese drained
  • 150 grams fresh figs sliced in half
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp thyme dry
  • 2 tbsp walnuts chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200c
  • Add sliced figs into a small bowl, drizzle 1 tbsp of olive oil, and gently toss.
  • Place the block of feta cheese, and figs into a baking pan.
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  • Drizzle with olive oil and honey. Sprinkle chopped walnuts and thyme onto the feta cheese and figs.
    a white block of feta cheese with sliced figs drizzled with olive oil and honey and sprinkled walnuts and thyme in a white baking pan.
  • Cook for 20 minutes or until the feta cheese is golden brown and the figs are soft and smooth.
  • Drizzle extra honey over the dish once its ready
Keyword Baked, easy cooking, feta cheese, roasted

KALI MAS OREXI!! 🙂

 

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece.My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural.In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it.Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits.So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes.Sophie

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