A number of fresh fig appetizer recipes have been combined to create this. These appetizers are excellent and highly attractive because to the clash of flavors between the fresh figs, goat cheese, salty almonds, honey, and balsamic vinegar. This will be a pretty addition to a wedding shower meal if you arrange the figs in a circle with the tops facing in for a flower look. Use Marcona almonds if you come across any! They are Spanish almonds, and their flavor is a combination between almond and cashew.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 43 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 3 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 8 cups water, divided
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 ½ cups sliced carrots
- 1 ½ cups sliced celery
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into cubes
- ¼ cup chicken soup base
- 2 tablespoons rubbed sage
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, juiced
Instructions
- Mix 1 cup water and cornstarch in a bowl until cornstarch dissolves.
- Heat olive oil and garlic in a large pot over medium heat for 1 minute. Add carrots, celery, and salt; cook until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add chicken thighs; cook until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 7 minutes. Add remaining 7 cups water and chicken soup base.
- Bring to a boil, coaxing anything stuck to the bottom of the pot off with a spatula. Boil for 20 minutes. Add cornstarch mixture, sage, and pepper; mix well and continue to boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add lemon juice.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 219 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 53 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 1455 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Made as written except that I used less oil and less sage. Sage in general is overbearing to me so I subbed parsley for half of it. I really like the punch the lemon gave the soup but I still feel it needed more. I ended up adding Italian seasoning blend to the leftovers and that added a great deal of flavor. I added egg noodles as the recipe submitter suggested but rice would go well in this too. Overall good recipe and true to its title.