Assure your dinner of a nice opening with this smooth and delicious appetizer. With the subtle flavor of the almond thins dressed with a slice of creamy italian mozzarella cheese, a piece of salt-cured ham and home-made fig confiture you'll be able to enjoy a true feast of flavors.

Put the pealed figs together with your sugar, your red port and your lemon juice in a pot on the fire. Let your mixture simmer on a low fire for about an hour. After that, let your confiture cool down completely. In order to serve your appetizers cover the almond thins with a slice of mozzarella and sprinkle them with some drops of your cooled down fig confiture. Finish your appetizer with a choice of ham and you are ready to go!

Mozzarella cheese originated in the Campania region, in the South of Italy. It was in this region the buffalo milk was first used to this purpose at the time (hence the official name Mozzarella di Bufala Campana). However, mozzarella, nowadays produced in different countries, can also be made out of cow milk, giving the whole a yellowish tinge.