Scandalous Fig & Chèvre Canapés

When you take the voluptuous shape, the sweet dark flesh with its honey scent and the unique texture on the tongue of a ripe fig into consideration, I don’t think I need to convince anyone of the aphrodisiac qualities.

The fig is one of the first recorded scandalous fruit. The ancient Greeks thought figs were sacred and associated them with love and fertility. The Romans believed figs were a gift from the god of intoxication, Bacchus. Adam and Eve covered themselves in fig leaves in the Garden of Eden making some scholars believe that the forbidden fruit was actually a fig and not an apple.

Curvy temptress Cleopatra loved figs and when she decided to take her own life they were a part of her last luxurious meal. Come to think of it, if I were given the choice of a last meal, it would also include fresh figs, along with camembert and honey, but…I digress.

Legend has it, that eating a fresh fig while naked in front of a woman is at the top of the list for performing an erotic act. So if you ever run out of ideas of what to feed your lover in bed, go forth, and feed them figs.

Try this exotic recipe to WOW your partner, or your guests at a cocktail function:

Fig & Chèvre Canapés

(Chevre is French for Goat's cheese)

INGREDIENTS

• ½ kg fresh figs

• 100g fresh baby rocket

• 250g honey flavoured chèvre

• 1 slice of prosciutto, cut into thin strips

METHOD

Rinse, dry and remove the top from the figs. Make 2 deep cuts into the fig perpendicular to one another, then pipe a half teaspoon of chèvre into the opening.