Culinary Travel: Chevre and Walnut Tartlets

French Food at Home invites you to share in a lifestyle that brings the magic of contemporary French food home. Petite pastry tarts topped with goat cheese and fig start off dinner beautifully.

Ingredients

1 cup ruby port
1 cup sugar
12 small figs
1 sheet puff pastry or frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 (4-ounce) log fresh chevre ( goat cheese)
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon chopped freshrosemary
Freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons chopped toastedwalnuts, optional
Rocket greens ( arugula), optional

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit 

In a saucepan large enough to hold the figs in one layer, heat the port and dissolve the sugar. Set in the figs, cover with a round of parchment, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove the figs, and boil the port down to sauce consistency. Set aside. 

Cut 4 (4-inch) rounds from the pastry. Lay them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Lay a second baking sheet on top, and bake until lightly golden, 15 to 20 minutes. 

In a mixing bowl, cream the chevre with a spoon, and stir through the cream until smooth. Stir through the rosemary, and season with pepper. 

When the pastry is golden, remove the top baking sheet. Spread the rounds with the cheese mixture. Halve the figs and arrange over the cheese, then scatter over the nuts, if using. Bake until the cheese is hot, about 5 minutes. Serve with rocket green, if using, and with a swirl of port syrup on the side.

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