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Fig and Blue Cheese Crostini

(serves four)

1 small loaf half-baked ciabatta bread

Olive oil

8 fresh figs

200g Bellingham Blue cheese

12 slices Parma ham

3 sprigs fresh thyme

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Thinly slice the ciabatta bread and drizzle with olive oil. Place on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes.
3. Trim the tops off the figs and score the top of the fig. Mash the blue cheese with a few fresh thyme leaves and stuff into the top of the fig. Bake the figs at the same time as the bread for ten minutes.
4. On each slice of bread, arrange half a slice of Parma ham and the bake fig on top.
5. Garnish with fresh thyme and serve immediately.