Black Mission Variety

Another of the summer fruits I am missing are those delicate Black Mission Figs. Someday I'd like to have a tree of these so we can just eat them right from the branches.

As it is, we buy them from the Farmer's Market every chance we get, slice them in half and top with blue cheese and a drizzle of honey. We got the recipe from our friends' summer wedding.

There are no more fresh figs at the markets, but there are some wonderful dried ones. We snacked on ours with brie, rosemary manchego and snappy crackers. It was afternoon snack perfection.