Fig, Apple and Walnut Paste
Delicious with soft cheeses and crackers
Converted from CSR Sugar website
Makes 24 x 1\3 cup muffin sized pastes
Ingredients
3 large granny smith apples, peeled (probably no difference if you dont peel)
Juice of one lemon
3 cups of Jam setting sugar (600 g but i would reduce next time )
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/4 cups dried figs ( about 200 g)
125 g walnuts toasted
Method
Chop the dried figs 6-8 secs Sp6 set aside
Chop the toasted walnuts 2 secs Sp4 set aside separately
Peel and quarter apple blend 10 secs Sp 8 scrape down and repeat until you have smooth paste
Add to the apple in TMx, the lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon and figs
Cook 90 degrees, 35 minutes Sp 2
Stir then cook another 2 mins on Varoma temp Sp 2
Stir thru walnuts 5 secs Reverse Sp2. ( I actually put my walnuts in with figs and cooked as I misread)
Pour into muffin tins that are lined with plastic wrap or foil muffin cases.
Leave to set overnight. turn out and serve with cheese and crackers.
