Bacon-Fig Tassies

Name: Bacon-Fig Tassies
Ingredients: 5 uncooked bacon slices; 1/3 cup butter, softened; 2 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, softened; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup fine cornmeal; 1 1/2 cups diced dried figs; 1/4 cup sugar; 3/4 cup red wine; 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided; 8 ounces goat cheese, softened; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

14 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

5 uncooked bacon slices
1/3 cup butter, softened
2 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup fine cornmeal
1 1/2 cups diced dried figs
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup red wine
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
8 ounces goat cheese, softened
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1

Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat 8 minutes or until crisp. Remove bacon, and drain on paper towels; reserve 2 Tbsp. drippings. Finely chop bacon.
2

Beat butter, 8 oz. cream cheese, and 2 Tbsp. bacon drippings at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes. Gradually add flour and cornmeal; beat at low speed until blended, and shape into 48 balls. Cover and chill 1 hour.
3

Preheat oven to 350°. Place balls in cups of 2 (24-cup) mini muffin pans; press dough into and up the sides of cups to form shells.
4

Bake at 350° for 22 minutes or until golden. Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes. (Press shells gently to reshape, if necessary.) Remove shells from pan.
5

Bring figs, next 2 ingredients, and 1/2 tsp. salt to a simmer in a saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring occasionally, 6 minutes or until syrupy. Cool 15 minutes.
6

Beat goat cheese, next 4 ingredients, 8 oz. cream cheese, and 1 tsp. salt at medium speed until smooth. Spoon goat cheese mixture into a zip-top plastic freezer bag, and snip 1 corner.
7

Spoon about 1 tsp. fig mixture into each shell, and pipe goat cheese mixture over fig mixture. Sprinkle with bacon.