Fig Crème Brûlée with Blue Cheese

Start or end your meal with this simple, yet elegant fruit course. Recipe by Chef Gregg Wangard.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 large Black Mission fig
1 teaspoon Wisconsin Blue cheese
1/2 teaspoon raw (turbinado) sugar

Cooking Directions:

1. Cut fig in half. Using melon ball scoop or round spoon, scoop out seeds. Fill with cheese. Sprinkle with sugar. Caramelize sugar with torch until it has turned golden brown.

Makes 1 serving. (Increase recipe as needed.)

Tip: If you do not have a torch, put in the oven under the broiler until golden brown.

Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.