You will love this fresh fig and goat cheese tartine. I am having so much fun working with all the fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables of summer and creating a new tartine every Tuesday.

Two plates sitting on a marble countertop with toasted bread topped with goat cheese, fresh figs, and thyme.

I had to take a break from the tomato tartines while I let the fruit ripen on our four tomato plants. I’ve been using tomatoes in almost everything I cook.

I particularly like this fresh fig and goat cheese tartine because I don’t often use figs in my everyday cooking, and it has introduced me to new options and ideas. Since I have extra figs, I think next week I’ll do some kind of fig and caramelized shallot jam. I’ll have to find the right cheese to go with it. If you have any suggestions, please message me.

When should I serve tartines?

I find that tartines (or open-faced sandwiches) are the perfect light lunch either by yourself or when you’re having a friend or two over. You can also serve them as an appetizer. You could cut them into bite-sized pieces or use thin slices of a small baguette.

Two wood cutting boards sitting on a marble countertop. One cutting board has fresh sliced figs while the second contains honey, sal, thyme and goat cheese

Two fresh fig and goat cheese tartines on patterned plates sitting on a wooden dining table with two glasses and silverware sitting on napkins

Here are a few fun facts about figs

Technically, figs are a collection of inverted flowers, and if you left them alone, they would bloom from the inside out; who knew?
Figs are commonly grown in the Mediterranean, Middle East, or anywhere hot and dry for a good portion of the year.
Back before refined sugar became so popular, figs were used to sweeten desserts (figgy pudding might sound familiar)

How much nutritional value do figs have?

Figs are high in fiber and are known to aid in digestion
Figs are also high in calcium and potassium, which help increase bone density.

So now you can satisfy your sweet cravings and not even feel guilty about it!

Here is the equipment that you’ll need:

Panini maker, non-stick frying pan, or oven broiler for toasting the bread
Baking sheet if you’re toasting the bread in the oven
Sharp knife for slicing the figs
Spreader for the goat cheese
Cutting board

Ingredients needed to make these fresh fig, goat cheese, and thyme tartine

Freshly sliced figs, a bowl of goat cheese, thyme, bread salt, butter, and honey sitting on a marble countertop

Figs
Goat cheese
Fresh thyme
Sliced bread (I like to use rustic Italian or French bread, but slices of sourdough would also work)
Honey (sweet or hot): We use Mike’s Hot Honey.
Black pepper
Salt
Olive oil or butter for toasting the bread

Instructions: Fresh fig tartine recipe

Two slices of toasted bread sitting on a wooden cutting board, topped with goat cheese, fresh fig and thyme

Two fig and goat cheese tartines sitting on plates next to a cutting board with whole figs on it

I think fresh figs and goat cheese are the perfect combination. However, a good fig jam would also work if you can’t find fresh figs. We like Bon Maman (I love to save the jars) or Stonewall Kitchen Fig Jam. And if goat cheese isn’t your favorite, some good blue cheese or gorgonzola would work as well.