This recipe came to me via my friend Leslie and I just had to make it -she doesn’t use the fig but I just had to since we love the flavor. This is simple to make requiring very few ingredients (4 simple ingredients) and takes about 5 minutes to make!

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

Goat Cheese Log — there are large and small ones buy the size you’ll need this recipe is based on the 11 oz. log but you can eyeball the ingredients if not right

1/4 cup shelled roasted pistachios readily available — chopped ( use a mini processor)

2 tablespoons Hot Honey — I used a mild hot honey because you gotta know your crowd — if no hot honey you can use regular honey but the hot honey adds a lot of zing

1 tablespoon fig spread (Dalmatia brand is wonderful) –or fig jam

crackers/bread for serving rosemary crackers are good or cranberry nut crackers or any kind of crackers you prefer

apple slices would also be nice — to spread goat cheese on

Directions:

On a small plate, spread out the chopped pistachios, roll goat cheese on the pistachios to coat top and sides ( works well on room temp. goat cheese –nuts will stick better) cover tops and sides with nuts —

Drizzle hot honey over cheese log

In a microwave safe dish, add the fig spread heat for 10 seconds. Drizzle over the cheese log.

Serve at room temperature with crackers and whatever else you’d like to serve with