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From appetizers, main courses and even deserts, figs can used in a variety of recipe dishes. So whether its an elaborate dinner party, a comfort food fig cookie or that special family recipe, utilization of figs are only limited by your imagination.
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Recipes Compiled by Jerry M. Parsons, Ph.D.
Professor of Horticulture
When Cato advocated the conquest of Carthage, he used as his crowning
argument the advantage of acquiring fruits as glorious as the North
African figs, specimens of which he pulled from his toga as exhibits in the
Roman Senate. These fruits have become so popular in America that many
varieties (purplish, brownish and
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Uses canned figs.
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4 1/2 c. self-rising flour
Cream butter and margarine with sugar a spoonful at a time on medium speed.
Beat in honey and eggs. Work in flour. Blend thoroughly. Refrigerate 1
1 pound can of drained figs cut in small pieces
Put into a double boiler and cook over simmering water stirring often until
the sugar dissolves. While stirring after sugar dissolves add:
1/2 c. finely ground pecans
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An easy recipe to turn fresh figs into jam.
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David Pascoe's Easy Fig Jam Recipe. Easy quantities, minimum effort
David Pascoe's Easy Fig Jam Recipe
1 tablespoon of all spice
juice of ½ a lemon
handful of chopped lemon rind
Weigh the figs after topping and cleaning the bottoms. Determine the proportional amount of sugar required.
Mash or cut figs into chunks, choose how chunky you want your jam to be. If the skins are greenish and hard, cut into small pieces. Ripe fig skin will soften nicely while
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Serves eight.
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A recipe for Fig Caramel Tart with Raspberry Sorbet. Dishes created by Food & Wine Magazine and top chefs.
Fig Caramel Tart with Raspberry Sorbet
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and chilled
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
12 fresh Black Mission figs, halved
make the pastry: In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Using a pastry cutter or 2 knives, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Beat the egg
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This elegant recipe features kiwi, figs, and grapes.
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A classy recipe for Fruit Salad with Champagne Sauce - Elegant accompaniment suitable for any brunch.
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-Heat broiler to its highest setting.
-Divide the cut fruits into 4 soup
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Figs with pureed olives, capers, anchovy and thyme.
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Figs Stuffed with Tapenade Recipe. Blissfully simple, yet full of flavor, olive tapenade is stuffed into ripe figs for a delicious balance of sweet and salty flavors.
Figs Stuffed with Tapenade Recipe
Blissfully simple, yet full of flavor, olive tapenade is stuffed into ripe figs for a delicious balance of sweet and salty flavors. Prep Time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 15 oil-cured black olives, pitted 2 teaspoons capers 1 anchovy fillet 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, 1/4 teaspoon dried 2 teaspoons olive oil 12 ripe, small Mission figs Preparation:
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Syrup can be made, without deglazing and adding lemon segments, one day ahead.
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Find delicious lemon recipes, like baked figs in lemon syrup, and other American recipes at Epicurious.com
baked figs in lemon syrup
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tastes great no matter what type of fig you use, but purple ones, such as Mission, will turn your syrup a beautiful shade of pink.
Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 1 3/4 hr
Servings: Makes 6 servings.
1/2 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 lb firm-ripe fresh purple figs,
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Recipes for main or side dishes, desserts, breads, and appetizers. Includes Rosemary Chicken with Fig-Orange Sauce, Spinach Salad with Stuffed Figs, Figgy-Fudgy Pudding Cake, and crostini.
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Yummy Fig Recipes from Valley Fig Growers
Easy Ways to Add Taste and Nutrition to
Your Meals with Blue Ribbon Orchard Choice and Sun-Maid Figs
If your busy schedule leaves little time to
plan or eat balanced meals, keep dried figs on hand as a kitchen-cabinet
staple. Here are some ways to add figs, and more nutrition,
to your everyday favorite dishes.
Valley Fig Growers • 2028 South
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Requires pinot noir wine, honey, red wine vinegar, whole peppercorns, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and fresh Black Mission figs.
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Pinot Noir Poached Figs, Fig Recipes, Dessert Recipe, Appetizer Recipe, Fruit Recipe
This delicious recipe is from Higgins Restaurant in
Portland, Oregon. They are lightly poached, so they don't lose any of their
1 (750-mililiter) bottle pinot noir
1/2 cup red wine vinegar*
1 tablespoon whole peppercorns
1 tablespoon whole cloves
2 pint baskets (2 1/2 pounds) fresh figs, halved
* I used Black Fig Vinegar - It was excellent!
Whatever variety or figs you
select, the figs
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