I have never, to my knowledge, actually eaten a fresh fig.
So, to remedy that — and to make #29 on the list — I bought some of these:
Now I have a whole freakin’ quart of them. Suggestions for the rest?
A confession:
28 July 2007 | 11 Comments
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28 July 2007 at 5:46 pm
Drizzle some of your honey on them.
28 July 2007 at 6:39 pm
Even better.. stuff them with blue cheese and then drizzle the honey over them..
28 July 2007 at 9:24 pm
Or best of all, stuff them with goat cheese, and bake them until warm and bubbly.
swoon.
28 July 2007 at 10:14 pm
Well, I just ate one, as is, and it was… not that good.
So I’ll be taking all of these suggestions to heart. Keep ‘em coming.
29 July 2007 at 9:22 am
Great picture!
I wonder if the figs aren’t that great because they’re not fully ripe?
My fig suggestion is to stuff with a little gorgonzola, wrap with prosciutto, and run them under the broiler til the cheese is melty.
29 July 2007 at 9:31 am
Unripe figs have that teeth-grating quality of unripe bananas–if that’s what it was you didn’t like, then they weren’t ripe. Wait a few days, they are rich, unctuous and …figgy…
I love the blue cheese and honey method, but they still need to be ripe. Baking doesn’t fix their ripeness problems, in my experience.
29 July 2007 at 12:46 pm
Those are Kadota figs, and FWIW I think Mission figs are much better. (Mission figs are black when ripe.) Here’s a photo.
Figs come to market in two waves: one in spring and one in late summer. The spring wave is better, IMHO.
When I buy a pint of figs, I tend to eat them all before I can figure out anything else to do with them, but I’m sure there are recipes….
29 July 2007 at 1:13 pm
i agree with julie. figs are born for goat cheese, prosciutto and a date with the broiler. mmmmmmmm.
2 August 2007 at 7:53 pm
We have a fig tree in our yard, which produces tons of what I think are Kadota figs. My favorite thing to do with them is poach in port wine and serve with vanilla ice cream or Greek yogurt.
12 August 2007 at 1:58 am
raw figs aren’t so great unless they’re looking like it’s too late. cracking and oozing, with thin skin = super yummy.