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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: goldfish on March 01, 2012, 08:58:00 am
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I've just been lucky enough to be given a couple of kilos of fresh figs. I have a very busy few days ahead of me and was wondering the best way of keeping them as I'd hate to see them go off Can they be frozen? and if so, cut up or left whole, etc.?
Would also love some ideas of how to use them . . . so far have only thought of jam. Would icecream work?
Any advice would be really greatly appreciated!
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Hi Goldfish
Here's Delia's recipe for fig ice cream:
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/summer-desserts/fig-ice-cream.html
Hope it helps, not tried it myself.
Shally :)
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hi goldfish
tend to bottle - make a syrup with sugar and water and then add green ginger wine also stick an almond inside fig - great served with cream or icecream.
Will post recipe if you are interested
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Fig & Ginger Pannacotta (lovely) - p174 QFITTM
Sticky Fig & Date Pudding - p196 QFITTM
Fig Tapioca Pudding - ITM p172
Fig Muffins - ITM p209
Fig Syrup - ITM p209
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Not TMX but you may get some ideas here (http://www.figrecipes.org/)
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Not a TM recipe Goldfish but these are delicious. ;D
Roasted figs with Parma ham and goats cheese (serves 6 )
2 x 100g rolls of firm goats cheese such as Capricorn (http://www.capricorngoatscheese.co.uk/Our_Range.htm)
6 fresh figs
12 slices of Parma ham
rocket or salad leaves to serve
Balsamic vinegar to serve
Olive oil to serve
Pop the goats cheese in the freezer for about half an hour or until firm
Preheat oven to 220c( fan200) Cut the pointed stem off the figs.Cut a cross in the top of each one BUT don't cut right down to the base
Trim the ends off the cheese and discard,then cut each roll into three slices.Cut each in half to give semi- circles.Cut half the semi-circles in half again to give quarters.
Lie each slice of ham out flat and trim off excess fat.
Put a semi- circle of cheese into each where you have put the cross.Use the quarters to fit in either side,so the complete cross is filled with goats cheese
Wrap each fig in a piece of ham.then wrap it in another piece,working in the other direction.Squeeze the ham together at the top.
Roast for 8 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the ham crisp.
Arrange on serving plates with some rocket or salad leaves ,drizzle with a little balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
Serve at once.
You can replace the goats cheese with blue cheese,just simply grate this and use to fill the cross in the figs
Recipe from the lovely cookbook Cook Up a Feast by Mary Berry and Lucy Young.
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Cornish Cream, fresh figs, proscuito & goat cheese go so well together! Our fig tree is loaded at the moment and we are all on a 6 figs a day diet :D Possums & chooks have their share too!
Goldfish, freshly picked figs don't keep for very long so hopefully you'll find some interesting ways of using your figs. Jam is the easy option. I also like baking figs (halved) in filo pastry with walnuts & butter. Fig tart is good too...
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Goldfish, forgot to answer your question of freezing them so here are some ideas.
Here's (http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/recipes/fig-gelato/35160) a recipe for Fig Gelato which may solve your problem as it is quick to make and then can be frozen.
Freezing tips (http://www.ochef.com/756.htm) & a couple of good ideas here (http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/651273) if you scroll down to Karen Schaffer's post.
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Here's (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=4380.0) a fig pudding from farfallina.
Persian Fruit salad (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=5045.0) from Chookie has figs in it.
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All you wonderful people . .Thank you!!! I've made note of all your suggestions. The number of figs I have won't stretch to all the ideas . . but that's just an excuse to hunt up those "by-the-side-of-the-road" fig farmers' trucks who sell them quite reasonably by the tray!!!! ;D ;D ;D . . . just love them!!
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I have been given some beautiful fresh figs (thanks N :-*). I knew I would find lots of great ideas here :) :) :).
Going to try the fig gelato (thanks JD) and also Farfallina's fig bars (http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/fig-bars.html)