Easy Fig Pastry
Delicious flaky pastry with figs, goat cheese and walnuts. SUPER easy to make! Perfect as a dessert, appetizer or even as part of brunch.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 1 sheet of good store-bought puff pastry, thawed in fridge for 3 hours or so
- 8 oz fresh black mission figs
- 4-5 oz goat cheese, room temperature
- 1/4 cup walnuts, roughly chopped; more for garnish if desired
- 2 tbsp good fig jam
- 1 tbsp butter, melted
- 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375F.
- 2
Divide thawed puff pastry into four fairly equal rectangular pieces and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- 3
Spread goat cheese on each piece. Add jam, figs and then chopped walnuts.
- 4
Brush figs and edges of puff pastry with melted butter.
- 5
Slightly turn pastry edges up.
- 6
Bake in 375F oven for 18-20 minutes or until pastry is golden and puffy.
- 7
Garnish with chopped mint leaves and more walnuts, if desired.
- 8
Check out our other flaky recipes like phyllo pizza or phyllo meat pie. Craving more sweet and nutty? See our Greek yogurt parfait with Kahlua and nuts.