Name: Baked feta board
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 250g feta; olive oil for drizzling; 80ml runny honey; 3 figs quartered; 2 thyme sprigs plus extra to garnish; Bath Oliver biscuits; fruit and seed toast crackers; 4 mini cucumbers halved lengthways; 200g roasted flaked almonds; 50g mixed olives

A baked block of feta on a board with figs, crackers, almonds and sliced cucumbers

250g feta
olive oil
for drizzling
80ml runny honey
3 figs
quartered
2 thyme sprigs
plus extra to garnish

ACCOMPANIMENTS

Bath Oliver biscuits
fruit and seed toast crackers
4 mini cucumbers
halved lengthways
200g roasted flaked almonds
50g mixed olives

Method

step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the feta in a small ovenproof dish that you can put on your board. Drizzle with olive oil and bake for 6 mins or until the cheese is springy to the touch but not melted. Remove from the oven and drizzle with the honey, then return to the oven. Arrange the figs on a baking tray and bake alongside the cheese for 10 mins. Remove and season to taste with black pepper, then garnish the cheese with the thyme sprigs.
step 2
To assemble, put the dish of baked feta in the centre of a heatproof board (wooden is good). Create a fan of Bath Oliver biscuits along the right side of the feta and arrange the toast crackers at the top and bottom of the board. Arrange the halved cucumbers and figs on the left side of the feta, then fill in the gaps with almonds and olives, and garnish with thyme.