OH. MY. GOODNESS. Who knew so much goodness could fit on one little piece of bread. Thick sliced applewood bacon, creamy ricotta, basil and fig jam all atop a fresh slice of toasted baguette. What a combo! This Bacon Ricotta Bruschetta with Fig Jam makes a delightful appetizer, side dish to a salad, or light lunch!
This recipe is brought to you by Just Jan’s, makers of fine jams, jellies, curds and spreads!
This beautiful bruschetta is very easy to make, just brush baguette slices with olive oil, pop in the oven…
…then top with rich ricotta cheese, fig spread, bacon slices and sprinkle with basil, sea salt and pepper. Amazing I tell you! For this recipe I use Just Jan’s Kadota Fig Spread! Just Janโs Kadota Fig Spread is all natural with no preservatives. It’s a sweet complement to any cheese platter or a great way to change up your PB&J.
The combination of crispy bread, creamy ricotta, salty bacon and sweet fig jam is perfection. Serve these at a party and they will be the first thing to go!
How to ‘Chiffonade’ Basil
Adding a little greenery to this recipe not only adds flavor but color and beauty as well. Instead of roughly chopping the basil I like to make a chiffonade. A ‘chiffonade’ is simply a way of cutting large leaf herbs so they are a ribbon-like garnish. Just stack the leaves, roll tightly and sliceโฆ
The Recipe: Bacon Ricotta Bruschetta with Fig Jam
What you need: You will need a good fig spread. Click here for more recipes using jams, jellies, spreads and lemon curd from Just Jan’s!

OH. MY. GOODNESS. Who knew so much goodness could fit on one little piece of bread. Thick sliced applewood bacon, creamy ricotta, basil and fig jam all atop a fresh slice of toasted baguette. What a combo!
- 10 slices thick cut bacon cooked and cut into thirds
- 1 baguette sliced 1/2" and toasted
- olive oil
- 8 oz whole milk ricotta
- fig jam
- 1/2 cup basil chiffonade cut
- sea salt freshly ground pepper
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Cook bacon until done but not too crispy, set aside. When cooled, cut each slice into three pieces.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place rack in upper third of oven.
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Slice baguettes and brush each slice with olive oil, place on cookie sheet, toast for 3-4 minutes.
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When baguette slices a slightly golden, spoon ricotta onto each little toast and put back into the oven for 1-2 minutes, just until cheese is slightly warm. Remove from oven.
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Top each toast with a small spoonful of fig jam, top with bacon and sprinkle with sea salt, freshly ground pepper and basil. Serve!
More Recipes for The Bacon Lover:
Bacon Sriracha Chicken Skewers on Coconut Rice!
Cheddar Bacon Biscuits with Cinnamon Butter
Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon and Eggs
Bacon Wrapped Dates
Gourmet Grilled Cheese with Bacon, Apples and Caramelized Onions
Enjoy~ Linda Spiker
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Oh my this looks good! I think I could live off bruschetta. ๐
Another great appetizer with all my favorite foods.
Oh my these look and sound absolutely delicious! What a great way to impress guests.
Shannon
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Bruschetta is my favorite! I went to Italy last summer and couldn’t get enough of it. Figs were also pretty big in Italy. This looks like the perfect Italian dish. ๐ I’ll have to try it out!
I am always looking for nice recipes for party food, and this fits the bill nicely!
Everything about this sounds amazing! And it looks great too!
I wish I had these right now Linda. They look amazing. Some of my favorite flavors all combined, yum!
Your food photos are always so amazing, it make me drool…the fig jam is so unique & awesome! Thanks for sharing dear… ๐
I love figs and fig jam, and bacon? C’mon! What a great flavor combo and looks so elegant, too!
Oh good lord, those look absolutely mouth watering!
I’ve never had fig jam but this makes me want to try it!
I love anything with bacon in it — this looks really good and I want to try that fig jam. Thanks for sharing!
I had never thought of fig spread before. This looks wonderful though.
SO many favorites! I *love* this!
Thank you Megan!
I love the flavor combination of ricotta and bacon. I’ve got a recipe for a dip made with the two, and I could seriously eat it by the spoonful! So delicious!
That looks delicious! I love bruschetta!
What a delicious combination-sweet and salty. Reminds me of my favorite figgy piggy sandwich. ๐
I love the flavor combos that you have used here! ricotta, bacon and fig..mmm, so good!
What a wonderful idea to use Jam in a bruschetta recipe. This looks yummy!