Comments on: Fig Emergency

By: Fig Resurrection at Asymptotia

Fig Resurrection at Asymptotia — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:57:05 +0000

[...] I wanted to share with her… the figs! My plan was/is to make a batch of fig jam (see here and here for some of the earlier posts on that), and I still might, since I’ve a fair amount left in [...]

By: Clifford

Clifford — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:41:30 +0000

Huh…. that sounds fascinating. Will try!!

Best,

-cvj

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:59:33 +0000

I’m sure this is more than a bit late, but consider oatmeal fig cookies. I recommend spicing with nutmeg and a little bit of mace.

By: Jammin’ - Asymptotia

Jammin’ - Asymptotia — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:57:57 +0000

[...] You’ll recall that I had a fig emergency not too long ago. Too many figs from my tree and (despite commenter Moshe’s suggestion) no inclination to eat them all in one sitting. Recipe ideas were considered (and thanks all of you!), and I made a decision. I was looking for a way to preserve them, not how to eat them, and so sadly I did not take up all the lovely suggestions of things to do. By a day or two later I had several more, and so it became urgent. As hinted at by the post entitled “Jam Tomorrow” (which I took a while to deliver on – sorry) you can guess what I decided to do: Fig Jam, of course! [...]

By: scerir

scerir — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:38:22 +0000

Simply, place n figs and n (veritable) Parma ham slices in a dish. It is the well known ‘prosciutto e fichi’.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacintosh/111973094/

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:16:03 +0000

fig jam!

By: Pyracantha

Pyracantha — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:25:56 +0000

Return to classical mechanics and make Fig “Newtons!”

By: lexi

lexi — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:11:24 +0000

This sounds pretty tasty to me, never heard of it, but yum. Hhehee…

Ingredients:
4 lg. figs, fresh
1/4 lb. Gorgonzola
1/4 lb. Prosciuto, sliced paper thin
Directions:
Peel the figs and slice each lengthwise into 6 spears. Place figs, fleshy side up on a plate or tray. Slice Gorgonzola into 21 even slices. Top each fig spear with a piece of Gorgonzola. Slice prosciutto lengthwise into 1 inch wide ribbons. Wrap each fig around the middle with a ribbon of prosciutto. Secure with toothpicks, if desired. Makes 24.

By: Justin Garofoli

Justin Garofoli — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:43:45 +0000

You could serve them with pepper! Halve the figs, grind (or pour, if you have to) some pepper into a seperate dish. Dob the open face of the fig onto the pepper and chomp away. It sounds odd, but it is quite tasty. I guess it helps if you like pepper.

By: Brad Holden

Brad Holden — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:31:41 +0000

I agree with Moshe. You should see the plum collection we have, three full shoeboxes worth.

We do the same thing as Moshe’s neighbors, de-pit, slice and freeze. We will not to eat the plums as a snack, but we can still cook with them. Lemons are the real pain, we have to give them away by the grocery bag, and our tree is shorter than I am!

By: Moshe

Moshe — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:35:19 +0000

Is that really an emergency? looks like a nice morning snack…

But if you accumulate more than that, you can make jam (generic recipe on the web, as I mentioned way, way too much sugar in those), can them if you have a canner, or make fig preserve. All those take work so you probably want to get a few pounds of figs first.

Something interesting my neighboors are doing with strawberries: chop them up in a blender and freeze them fresh, after a few days there is some variant of a jam which is more fruity and less sweet, but probably does not last as long. Not sure if it works with figs, but it’s worth a try – not as much work as jam, and it tastes better.

By: candace

candace — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:23:53 +0000

Mmmmm I adore fresh figs and those look gorgeous! But I also quite like dried figs…perhaps you could dry them for future enjoyment? Or you could also make fig preserves with a healthy crop like that!