Autumn dessert recipes · French recipes
Fig and goat’s cheese sweet tartlets
This is a twist on cheesecake, featuring oats and seeds in the crunchy base and a lightly sweetened goat’s cheese on top. The caramelised figs with a hint of rosewater are totally addictive. Get figgy with it and discover our favourite fig recipes.
Method
Heat the oven to 150°C fan/gas 3. Melt the butter and half the honey in a small saucepan and mix the seeds and oats together in a bowl. Once melted, stir it into the oat mixture. Press the mixture into the tartlet tins, put the tins on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes. Leave to cool completely.
While you wait, put the goat’s cheese, cream, remaining honey and vanilla in a food processor and whizz until softened and smooth. Chill until needed.</li
Heat the grill to high. Put 2 tbsp of the sugar on a plate, shaking it to create a thin even layer. Press each fig, cut-side down, into the sugar, then transfer, cut-side up, to a tray lined with foil. Grill the figs for 2-3 minutes until softened and gold, then leave to cool.
Put the remaining sugar and butter in a small saucepan and heat gently, stirring until bubbling. Add the rosewater, simmer for a few minutes until thickened, then leave to cool.
To serve, remove the tart cases from their tins and put on a serving platter. Spoon or pipe the cheese filling into them, topping each with 2 fig halves. Drizzle over the rosewater sauce and scatter with sesame seeds.
Nutrition
| Calories | 546kcals |
|---|---|
| Fat | 39.5g (22.5g saturated |
| Protein | 14.5g |
| Carbohydrates | 31.5g (20.3g sugars) |
| Fibre | 3.1g |







