Fig Salad with Goat's Milk Yogurt and Pepper Cress

Name: Fig Salad with Goat's Milk Yogurt and Pepper Cress
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: ½ cup goats milk yogurt and goat cheese; 2 teaspoons honey; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 24 whole ripe black Mission figs; 1 pinch Fleur de sel; 2 bunches pepper cress or watercress; 1 cup small mint leaves; 2 tablespoons Extra-virgin olive oil; 1 whole dried Indonesian long pepper

A sophisticated salad featuring sweet black Mission figs paired with tangy goat's milk yogurt and cheese, garnished with fresh pepper cress and mint. The salad is finished with a honey-vanilla dressing and aromatic Indonesian long pepper.

4 servings

15 min

Published October 4, 2025

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Ingredients

•½ cup goats milk yogurt and goat cheese
•2 teaspoons honey
•½ teaspoon vanilla extract
•2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
•24 whole ripe black Mission figs
•1 pinch Fleur de sel
•2 bunches pepper cress or watercress
•1 cup small mint leaves
•2 tablespoons Extra-virgin olive oil
•1 whole dried Indonesian long pepper

Cooking Instructions

1.
Whisk together first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. Season with salt and reserve. Sprinkle figs with fleur de sel; set in center of plate. Drizzle dressing on figs; scatter pepper cress and mint over. Season with olive oil and Indonesian pepper.
15 min
2.
A type of sea salt; available at some supermarkets and at specialty foods stores.
3.
** Also known as Balinese long pepper; available at specialty foods stores, Middle Eastern markets, and from zingermans.com.