Fresh buffalo mozzarella with gingered honey and figs Recipe

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Fresh buffalo mozzarella with gingered honey and figs

Serve this gorgeous dish as a dessert or snack, with a glass of Nederburg's The Beautiful Lady.

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

figs

mozzarella

Nederburg

Ingredients

For the gingered honey sauce:

2T honey

1T ginger, finely grated

1T extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 lemon, juiced

30g baby herb leaves

200g figs, halved

120g buffalo mozzarella, torn

35g parma ham

40g pomegranate rubies

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

Place the ingredients for the gingered honey sauce in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Allow to cool.
Assemble the salad by dressing the leaves and figs with the gingered honey sauce.
Serve with the torn mozzarella and parma ham. Garnish with pomegranate rubies and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Wine pairing

Serve with a glass of Nederburg's The Beautiful Lady, a classic gewürtzraminer with notes of Turkish delight, litchi and pineapple on the nose. Named for one of Nederburg's heritage heroes, Ilse Graue, The Beautiful Lady has an elegant, suggest sweetness enlivened by acidity on the palate.

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