Fig & Goat Cheese Nests - cooking recipe

Ingredients

20 ounces Simply Potatoes® Shredded Hash Browns
1 large egg, beaten
6 -8 slices bacon, diced
3 cups fresh spinach, chopped
1/2 cup goat cheese, softened
1/2 cup fig preserves
1 tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons fresh ground pepper

Preparation

Pre heat oven to 400\u00b0.
In large bowl, combine hash brown, beaten egg, salt and pepper. Stir until potatoes are well coated with egg.
Spray (2) 24 mini muffin pans with non-stick spray. Spoon in approximately 1 teaspoon of hash brown mixture into each muffin cup, gently pressing bottom and up the sides of cup. Bake for approximately 25-30 minutes or until browned and they start to pull away from muffin cups. Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack.
In saute pan, cook diced bacon until lightly crisped. Remove bacon and set aside. Discard all but 2 tablespoons of bacon fat.
In same saute pan, add chopped spinach to bacon fat and saute over med. high heat until spinach is wilted. Remove from pan and set aside.
Begin to assemble nests by adding 1/4 tsp fig preserves in bottom of hash brown nest. Next top with approximately 1/4 tsp of cooked spinach, then 1/4 teaspoons goat cheese. Top goat cheese with another 1/4 tsp of fig preserves and sprinkle a little bacon on top. Continue layering process to each hash brown nest.
Place on baking sheet and return to preheated 400\u00b0 oven for 2-3 minutes or just until hot. Remove from pan and serve.