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Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Mothertrucker — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 11:39:04 GMT

I have an abundance of beautiful, ripe black Mission figs..sweet as sugar and tender as a mothers kiss!

Even after I let he wild parrots eat their fill, I have loads!

Any one have any good ideas for how to use them?

Maybe something I can make and take in to work like a fig upside down cake or something like that?

I have been eating out of hand, sprinkling wiht balsamic, wrapping in prosciutto and grilling.

Need some ideas fromyou creative folks-

Thanks!

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Poodlepet2 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 11:53:25 GMT

@Mothertrucker, I have fig envy! These days I have limits as to how many I can eat, but I grew up with them being canned in heavy syrup....fresh figs with cheese-your choice: I love them with a little feta and an almond or two for crunch.... or ricotta...if I could have as many as I wanted, I would make a dense loaf of fig bread (surely such a thing exists? If it doesn't, use the "bones" of your favorite zucchini bread recipe)....roasted figs and any pork were meant to be together... I once had this incredible sauce made with a puree of figs and ruby port with some garlic thrown in....that sauce also elevates able turkey tenderloin.....

Do you freeze any???

I am sure you could find an explosion of recipes in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Cuisine....

I love Missions: getting fresh is a rarity. Brown Turkey's are the variety we get the most of down here....I will be looking for them now when I go to the grocery....

I love fruit in salad and figs are divine: I love them with some kind of balsamic or really good Italian dressing....I will certainly be following this thread!

Fig Out!

Poodlepet2

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Harpa — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:04:20 GMT

@Mothertrucker

Me, too! (envy!) Back in June I finally got to taste a real fig! Presently, I am on a Harney & Sons Capri tea kick (fig flavored).

I, also was thinking you must be able to freeze them somehow.

@Poodlepet2

With the balsamics I get from Seasons Taproom, figs would be wonderful!! I could easily see how pork or turkey & a sauce made from figs would be very complimentary.

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Mothertrucker — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:10:47 GMT

Thank yu both! Yes, i know how lucky I am, these are so perishable they never make it to market it seems..

My nieghbors, family and coworkers are all sharing with me..

Just did a grilled brie, fig and balsamic breakfast sandwich..

Great ideas! Need to see about freezing them or at least the "puree"..

It like the Garden of Eden here!!!

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Deb665 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:04:28 GMT

My mother always made freezer jam with the figs from the tree in the back yard. I'm sorry I don't have the recipe, but it was the same as strawberry freezer jam. I'm sure it's on Pinterest.

Enjoy those figs!

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

flbettyboop — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:16:24 GMT

@Harpa

I just ordered the fig flavored tea. Thanks for the info.

Boop

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

software — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:20:42 GMT

@Mothertrucker wrote:
I have an abundance of beautiful, ripe black Mission figs..sweet as sugar and tender as a mothers kiss!

Even after I let he wild parrots eat their fill, I have loads!

Any one have any good ideas for how to use them?

Maybe something I can make and take in to work like a fig upside down cake or something like that?

I have been eating out of hand, sprinkling wiht balsamic, wrapping in prosciutto and grilling.

Need some ideas fromyou creative folks-

Thanks!

Abundance of figs!

Wild parrots!

I want to be you when I grow up!

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

birkin baby — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:50:17 GMT

Make a delicious fig tart and serve with ice cream. Put them in salads. My mom makes fig preserves...delicious on toast. Freeze them individually on a baking sheet and then put into a zip lock to Make tarts in winter. Eat them in yogurt,cottage cheese,or ice cream. Or better yet, mail them to me. Figs are my favorite fruit.

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

poppinfresh — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 14:34:31 GMT

Send them to me?????

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

tobes — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:03:45 GMT

Make fig bruschetta. Figs, good olive oil, any kind of cheese, i.e, farmers, goat, etc.

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

momtochloe — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:07:05 GMT

@Mothertrucker here are a couple of easy recipes that are both very good:

Giada's Fig and Proscuitto Pasta:

Sauce:
1 1/2 cups (about 7 ounces) dried Mission figs, stemmed and quartered
1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup (4 ounces) goat cheese, at room temperature, crumbled
1/2 cup (4 ounces) mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
Zest of 1 large lemon
Four 1/4-inch-thick slices prosciutto (baked 10 minutes at 400 and sprinkle over finished dish)

Sauce:

Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a heavy baking sheet with vegetable oil cooking spray.

Arrange the prosciutto in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes until crispy. Drain on paper towels. When cool enough to handle, crumble the prosciutto into 1/2-inch pieces.

For the sauce: In a medium saucepan, combine the figs, broth, orange juice, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the goat cheese, mascarpone cheese and lemon zest until the sauce is creamy. Top with the crumbled prosciutto and serve.

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This one is from poster surfk:

Nothing too complicated to the recipe. Make or boil up a quality pasta (fettuccine or thin spaghetti will do) in a pot of salted water.

Use a real and bit saltier than average (if given a choice as different brands are cured differently) prosciutto. You want it to have good flavor and bit more saltiness to balance the sweetness of the figs.

Chop the figs and prosciutto together.

Lightly saute them in some olive oil along with some chopped onion and fresh garlic. Just lightly saute it all but don't over-cook or cook it to death. You want it all warmed but not necessarily crunchy. And over-cooking on the stove top will generally make the figs tougher or chewier (as opposed to a slow bake when baking a fig pie, for instance).

Add some flaked red pepper, toasted PINE nuts, black pepper once cooked.

Toss drained pasta into fig-prosciutto mix. (Always keep a cup or so of that hot pasta water as a reserve for tweaking the consistency of the finished dish)

Transfer to pasta serving bowl, add some sprigs of fresh flat leaf Italian parsley to the top and grate a generous amount of Pecorino Romano cheese on top (have some more available as a diner might want to add more to their own serving).

Tip: Add enough oil to the pan according to how much pasta and fig-prosciutto mix you plan to make.

If its a bit dry once in the pasta serving bowl, don't just add more olive oil. Drizzle some more atop and ladle a half-cup or so of the hot starchy pasta water (used in boiling pasta).

Its a dish that can be whipped up in minutes and seems so gourmet. The balance between the sweetness of the figs and saltiness of the prosciutto is yummy.

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

birkin baby — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:42:57 GMT

@tobes wrote:
Make fig bruschetta. Figs, good olive oil, any kind of cheese, i.e, farmers, goat, etc.

. Yes,this is delicious! It is addictive! Yum!

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Mothertrucker — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:08:07 GMT

@software wrote:
@Mothertrucker wrote:
I have an abundance of beautiful, ripe black Mission figs..sweet as sugar and tender as a mothers kiss!

Even after I let he wild parrots eat their fill, I have loads!

Any one have any good ideas for how to use them?

Maybe something I can make and take in to work like a fig upside down cake or something like that?

I have been eating out of hand, sprinkling wiht balsamic, wrapping in prosciutto and grilling.

Need some ideas fromyou creative folks-

Thanks!

Abundance of figs!
Wild parrots!

I want to be you when I grow up!

LOL...I think it sounds better than it is! Actually the wild parrots in the San Gabriel Foothills here in So Cal drive us nuts!

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

CelticCrafter — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:23:47 GMT

You can send them to me!

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Harpa — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:43:19 GMT

@poppinfresh wrote:
Send them to me?????

I was thinking of putting in my order, too!

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Poodlepet2 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:48:38 GMT

Well, if you have a "mailing list" put me on it too please!

OT, I am Diabetic, so I have to make good food choices....one of my favorite desserts in lieu of preservative laden, artificially sweetened candy is a dried Mission Fig with a dollop of real peanut butter....prunes and dates are equally delish!

Poodlepet2

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

flbettyboop — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:48:57 GMT

A few years back. I lived on a large lake and had fig trees. There was a fence around the property and the neighborhood cows would go out into the water to get to our property and those figs. They were scrumptious if we could beat the cows to them. I want to know who told them about the figs. LOL

Boop

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

DiAnne — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 01:12:45 GMT

@Mothertrucker wrote:
@software wrote:
@Mothertrucker wrote:
I have an abundance of beautiful, ripe black Mission figs..sweet as sugar and tender as a mothers kiss!

Even after I let he wild parrots eat their fill, I have loads!

Any one have any good ideas for how to use them?

Maybe something I can make and take in to work like a fig upside down cake or something like that?

I have been eating out of hand, sprinkling wiht balsamic, wrapping in prosciutto and grilling.

Need some ideas fromyou creative folks-

Thanks!

Abundance of figs!
Wild parrots!

I want to be you when I grow up!

LOL...I think it sounds better than it is! Actually the wild parrots in the San Gabriel Foothills here in So Cal drive us nuts!

@Mothertrucker

My grandparents lived in Pasadena. They had a fig tree in the back yard but the figs were green. Do you know what kind of figs they would have been?

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

VaBelle35 — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 01:24:00 GMT

I love fresh figs and when they are in season, I make them this way:

Figs with Ricotta Pistachios and Honey

http://www.finecooking.com/recipe/figs-with-ricotta-pistachios-and-honey

Re: Figs Figs, Figs Figs! Help!

Mothertrucker — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:57:18 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:

@Mothertrucker wrote:
@software wrote:
@Mothertrucker wrote:
I have an abundance of beautiful, ripe black Mission figs..sweet as sugar and tender as a mothers kiss!

Even after I let he wild parrots eat their fill, I have loads!

Any one have any good ideas for how to use them?

Maybe something I can make and take in to work like a fig upside down cake or something like that?

I have been eating out of hand, sprinkling wiht balsamic, wrapping in prosciutto and grilling.

Need some ideas fromyou creative folks-

Thanks!

Abundance of figs!
Wild parrots!

I want to be you when I grow up!

LOL...I think it sounds better than it is! Actually the wild parrots in the San Gabriel Foothills here in So Cal drive us nuts!
@Mothertrucker

My grandparents lived in Pasadena. They had a fig tree in the back yard but the figs were green. Do you know what kind of figs they would have been?

Wow! VERY close to me! I grew up in Arcadia, right next door practically... Our green find we're Kadotas.. we also get Calmyra and Ventura..oh Genoa are green too...