Warm Honey Fig Dip with Blue Cheese and Garlic Pitas.
Some of the best days conclude with cheese dip for dinner.
Tell me it isn’t true. I’ll fight you to the end!
Last night I had bread and cheese for dinner. And for once, it wasn’t in the form of a grilled cheese. It was more in the form of mini slices of bread with mini slices of cheese constantly being cut so I could keep eating them. Not like an entire cheese plate. No. But like slices of slivers one after one. Calories don’t count that way.
It’s snacks. Not a full meal. Snacks have no impact. Now you know!
This combination: figs and honey and gorgonzola all messed together with bubbly cheese just makes me crazy. I adore the flavor. The sweet and the savory – it’s wild. And sometimes I even swap the honey for a balsamic glaze and just… ugh. That’s ridiculous too.
I find that with the honey and the figs, especially since the figs are dried, that having a little savory dipper is key. I like to take pita or flatbread, slice it into triangles, brush it with melted garlic butter and douse it in sprinkling of freshly grated nutmeg and flaked salt. Toss it in the oven just until it’s puffy and warm – not too toasted – and then dip every single bite into the hot, bubbly fig dip.
And be happy forever.
[I miiiiight have created a tiny problem with figs. Which I’ve always loved. And then I found myself creating five recipes with them and it turned into a whole butternut-like obsession thing and now I don’t know how to make something without figs for the time being. I’m wondering if I should just put figs in my butternut lasagna and see what happens. Ew?]
I know the other day I said it was too early to start thinking about Thanksgiving, but I guess it isn’t at all right? I’m just trying to take time oh.so.slowly (and pretend minutes aren’t passing and all that jazz) at the moment and get as much done as I can and pretend that each passing moment is a lifetime to do all the things.
Like make this dippy appetizer! It would be perfect on your table in two weeks and it might kick off a few T-Day recipes I’m going to shove in your face over the next seven days.
Even though I don’t cook a full Thanksgiving dinner (… yet) on the day and even though we have to eat twice in one day, I almost always still make a full Thanksgiving meal for us to have at home so we can have leftovers. My mom always gives us leftovers but, like, we are gigantic brats and wants dayssss of leftovers. So I’ll make some turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy so we can stuff ourselves silly for another week with comfort food.
It’s SO the best. Does anyone else do this?
Not going to lie, I’m rather fearful of the lack of space I have to fill this year with food. A few bites and I’m done. Maybe I’ll save making another big Thanksgiving meal for later on in December to enjoy?
Apparently now I’ve really lost my mind.
Warm Honey Fig Dip with Blue Cheese and Garlic Pitas
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 ounces mascarpone cheese, softened
- 8 ounces gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
- 1 cup dried figs, chopped
- 3 tablespoons honey, plus more for drizzling
pitas
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 6 pita breads
- freshly grated nutmeg
- flaked salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a bowl, mix together the cream cheese, mascarpone and gorgonzola with a spatula until creamy and combined. Fold in the figs and honey, stirring until evenly distributed and combined. Spoon the dip into an oven-safe bowl. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until warm and golden on top and bubbly. Top the dip with figs for presentation and a good drizzle of honey.
- While the dip is baking, heat the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat and add garlic. Cook just until the butter is bubbling them remove from the heat. Brush the pitas liberally with the garlic butter. Grate some fresh nutmeg over top then sprinkle with flaked sea salt. Slice each pita into 4 or 6 triangles, depending on their side. Place on a baking sheet and stick in the oven for 5 to 6 minutes, until just warmed through and fluffy.
- Serve the dip immediately with the warm pita.
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49 Comments on “Warm Honey Fig Dip with Blue Cheese and Garlic Pitas.”
Get in my belly!! Omg
This is a perfect dinner!
No way would I fight with you to make this dinner. i was just actually trying to think if I have all the ingredients so I can make this ASAP. Perfection!
Frankly, even bad days that end in cheese dip seem better, don’t they? And this looks like an absolute humdinger of a dip!
I Like the idea of the flavours going on – not a huge fan of blue cheese … I’ll give it a shot with Brie … I’m drooling as we speak ;)
This looks so good, I want to eat it for breakfast!
Yep. Totally make a smaller Thanksgiving dinner at home for ourselves even though we get leftovers. We’re brats too. :)
LOVE this. Please feel free to now put figs in EVERYTHING. I’m totally good with that. This dip looks incredible!
Cheese dip for dinner sounds like my perfect dinner! Usually when I go out for dinner the first thing I look for is the cheesiest dip they have on the menu, and that’s my entree :) Pinned! And the figs. The honey, this is my heaven!
If cheese dip for dinner is wrong, then I don’t want to be right! GAH – face plant!
Is it wrong that I want to have this for breakfast? Cheese dip anything I’m sold, but then add some warm honey figs, oh my goodness, seriously drooling over my keyboard over here and it’s not attractive lol.
Calories only count when you are eating off a plate. Duh.
This combo though. It makes me weak at the knees.
YUM I totally wanna make this for T day appetizer.
Oh. My. Gosh. This looks absolutely divine. And so easy! Love it. Figs are one of my favourite fruits fresh, but I’ve ever bought dried ones before. I have tried them and loved them but never buy them because I know I would eat the entire bag at once.
Kind of like how I would definitely eat this entire dip at once…alone. (It looks too good to share!)
Did you just say blue cheese? You’re my hero x
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I seriously think I need to bring this dip to Thanksgiving dinner. Amazing!
This looks amazing! I want this on our Thanksgiving dinner table! Maybe spread it all over a heaping spoon full of mash potatoes…. dreaming….
Question though… it says Blue Cheese in the title, but there is no Blue Cheese in the recipe… just gorgonzola cheese…
gorgonzola is a type of blue cheese! it’s the one i used for this recipe but you can really use any blue cheese (a buttermilk blue is good too!)
I am down for figs in butternut squash lasagna, that sounds perfect to me! This would be insanely addicting and blue cheese being my boyfriend’s favorite cheese, this dip would never ever last in my house!
Blue cheese and figs are one of my fav combos!
Okay this is it. You never have to make another thing for us again. This is perfect.
Ahahaha! Jessica…you genius you. Confession: my family started a tradition of Thanksgiving dinner…well, not at Thanksgiving. I mean, we eat Thanksgiving dinner, and it is so wonderful that it seems silly to only do it ONCE a year…so…we do it, you know, twice a year? Like at my sister’s going away party…life is short. eat lots of stuffing. <3
Can you believe I had my first fresh fig a couple weeks ago? They are so hard to find! And I’m glad to see that this recipe uses dried figs because I know I can find those.
i can only find them for like 5 minutes every year! they are impossible to find here too, but my aunt bought me a fig tree a few months ago and i’m hoping it produces fruit!!
Seriously?! You just have the BEST recipes. :)
give me this + a spoon + a couch. i will be a very happy lady!
Jessica, i swear you’re trying to make me obese. This sounds like the best combination ever! Cheese (and more cheese), figs, honey and bread?! Swoooon. Can’t wait to try!
is there anything better than warm, cheesy dips? Well, nachos. But this dip looks like a close second! Yum.
Cheese love right here. So yummy!
I genuinely now want to plan a Christmas party buffet menu around this dip.
Looks deliciou
Fig and blue cheese is a match made in MY MOUTH! Because this looks delicious.
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OMG this is mouth watering!! Wish I could be eating this NOW!
Sweet and savory is one of my favorite categories of food. And snacky dinners are the best kind! I am definitely going to be dining on this dish soon…
Made this last night for a dinner party.. served it with regular pita chips.. it was delish! The women were moaning with pleasure.. (that sounded weird…!).. But even the men were chowing on it.. My husband asked if I could make it again today… lol! Great recipe!
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Made this today to take to someone’s house and half of it was gone before we got out the door! Not only that, my husband, who doesn’t like blue cheese At All, asked if I could make it for dinner one night!! Love it!
I made this last night for a girl’a night get together and it was A HIT! SO delicious and will absolutely make again. My fiancé smelled it while it was cooking and said “that smells like feet” but then I made him try it (somewhat against his will) and was like “wow, that’s amazing” and just this morning asked me if there was any left to eat while he watched the football game. If it can convice my chicken wing, plain ham and cheese, and Velvetta Mac n cheese loving guy, the recipe is gold.
I’m dying over this. like currently. made it for dinner but subbed feta (because I’m a blue cheese wimp) and it is aaaaah-mazing. like, i almost ate it all myself amazing. you go, girl.
I have made this a few times now, but I actually had left overs this past time! I am definitely going to thin it and toss it with pasta for dinner tonight. Good thing it’s Friday! Love this recipe. Thank you and happy New Year!
Definitely made this for Thanksgiving appetizers and it was great! BUT I added the balsamic glaze before I baked it. BAD idea – the color was reminiscent of … poop. Just a warning to anybody else – drizzle AFTER! But it tasted great! Might make it for the super bowl!
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I’m having a hard time finding the figs but have plenty of fig jam. Do you think I could swirl some of that in instead?
Do you think I could sub fig jam for the dried figs? I’m having a hard time finding them.