Baked fig and goat cheese crostini with pancetta, and pecans is both savory and naturally sweet. An easy elegant appetizer recipe for any occasion.

A platter of baguette slices topped with stuffed figs — Fig and Goat Cheese Crostini

Figs, are one of my favorite fruits but pretty hard to find when I want to make Fig and Goat Cheese Crostini. Due to their short growing season around here, if I see them at the farmer’s market I’ll grab as many as I think I can eat and the rest will be used for this recipe or a fig tart.

Most in my house don’t share this obsession for figs. They’re not very attractive and my gang kind of turns their noses at them, so I normally get them all to myself, until I made these for appetizers.

The natural sweetness from the figs combined with salty pancetta and goat cheese makes for a great crostini.

A crostini topped with a fig stuffed with goat cheese — Fig and Goat Cheese Crostini

Fig appetizers made with fresh figs are not the type of appetizer you can coount on making because unless you have your own fig tree or live in California where 98% of all figs are grown, you never know whether they’ll be available. I was lucky to find these black mission figs at the grocery this week.

So when you do find fresh figs locally or in the grocery, keep this recipe on hand for an amazing fig appetizer.

What you’ll need for fig and goat cheese crostinis

The ingredients on a marble board for fig crostinis

How do you make goat cheese stuffed figs

Step 1: Slice a baguette into ¼ inch slices and brush both sides with melted butter. Place on one side of a baking sheet.

A baking sheet with slices of bread and stuffed figs

Step 2: In a small skillet cook the chopped pancetta until browned and remove to paper towel.

Step 3: Combine goat cheese, pancetta, pecans and fresh thyme.

Step 4: Cut figs in half and add the goat cheese mixture to the top. Place on the baking sheet with the bread and bake for 10-15 minutes until the bread is slightly toasted.

A baking sheet with toasted bread and baked figs

Step 5: Add a fig to each slice of toasted bread and drizzle with honey.

Honey drizzled over fig appetizers — Fig and Goat Cheese Crostini

The pancetta adds a nice salty flavor which is enhanced by just a drizzle of honey over the top before serving. Sweet and salty is always a hit! Even though the figs are juicy from being baked, they do not make the toasted baguette soft. This makes them perfect for serving at parties.

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