Figs in Red Wine with Blue Cheese

Categories: Desserts

Serves: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

1 c Zinfandel or other dry red
-wine
1 c Water
1/4 c Unsweetened orange juice
1 tb Lemon juice
1/2 c Sugar
16 Fresh figs, (1 pound)
2 tb Crumbled blue cheese, (1/2
-ounce)

Instructions:
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large saucepan; stir well. Bring to a
boil, and cook, uncovered, 15 minutes or until reduced to 1/2 cup. Spoon
into a bowl; cover and chill 2 hours.

Place 4 figs into each of 4 dessert compotes; drizzle each with 2
tablespoons red wine sauce. Top each with 1-1/2 teaspoons blue cheese.
Yield: 4 servings.

Per serving: 306 Calories; 2g Fat (6% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 65g
Carbohydrate; 3mg Cholesterol; 66mg Sodium

Recipe by: Cooking Light, Jul/Aug 1994, page 131

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #424 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.

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