Fig & Goat Cheese Nests

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Ready, Set, Cook! Special Edition Contest Entry: I love making appetizers and tapas! I developed this recipe for the Simply Potatoes Contest last night. These are quick and easy, but look so beautiful that your guests will think they took you hours to make! They are also perfect "one bite" appetizers.

by JazzyCooking·published 2012-03-01

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Servings

(40–48)

Total time

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

128 kcal

Ingredients (8)

serves

20 ounces Simply Potatoes® Shredded Hash Browns
1 large egg, beatenegg
6 -8 slices bacon, dicedbacon
3 cups fresh spinach, choppedspinach
1/2 cup goat cheese, softenedgoat-cheese
1/2 cup fig preservesfig
1 tablespoon saltsalt
2 teaspoons fresh ground pepperpepper

Instructions (7 steps)

01Pre heat oven to 400°.
02In large bowl, combine hash brown, beaten egg, salt and pepper. Stir until potatoes are well coated with egg.
03Spray (2) 24 mini muffin pans with non-stick spray. Spoon in approximately 1 teaspoon of hash brown mixture into each muffin cup, gently pressing bottom and up the sides of cup. Bake for approximately 25-30 minutes or until browned and they start to pull away from muffin cups. Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack.
04In sauté pan, cook diced bacon until lightly crisped. Remove bacon and set aside. Discard all but 2 tablespoons of bacon fat.

06Begin to assemble nests by adding ¼ tsp fig preserves in bottom of hash brown nest. Next top with approximately ¼ tsp of cooked spinach, then ¼ teaspoons goat cheese. Top goat cheese with another ¼ tsp of fig preserves and sprinkle a little bacon on top. Continue layering process to each hash brown nest.

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Fig &amp; Goat Cheese Nests

Fig & Goat Cheese Nests