I have a big, beautiful fig tree in my front yard that is teeming with fresh fruit right now. When the figs first started appearing about a month ago, a squirrel living in our yard would devour the ripe ones before I had a chance to pick them. Now that we’re in the thick of fig season, the squirrel can’t keep up, and there is plenty of fruit to go around.
Fresh figs, when fully ripe, are like candy to me. They’re sweet and juicy and honey-like, not to mention incredibly beautiful. In the past I’ve stuffed them, topped warm gooey cheese with them, grilled them, made jams with them and sprinkled them on salads. Now I’m looking for more yummy ideas.
What are your favorite ways to prepare fresh figs? Do you prefer them raw or cooked? Please share your ideas in the comments below!
Gordon Mitchell says
Lamb/Fig dish
Laura Raymond says
My all time favorite way of fixing figs is to butterfly them and stuff them with a teaspoon of gorgonzola and a walnut, close, wrap in prosciutto and bake until sizzly, about 10-12 minutes at 400 degrees.
Alene Wright says
Beautiful tree and lucky for you, the harvest. If you can put together fig preserves the way they are in France, I´d be delighted.
Donna Hutchinson says
I love them fresh off the tree!
Kathy Krisinski says
fig and ginger chutney – reminds me fall
Melissa Young says
I once had a caramelised fig and blue cheese tart and omg soooooo delish!
Marie Queen of Scots says
mine is doing well to. I need a recipe to dry them
Raven Bethany Whitechapel says
<3 Figs... I miss having a garden to walk in and pick fresh herbs or fruits... its been over ten yrs though...
Donna Carsten says
I make a great fig and balsamic sauce.
Laura says
Hi!!
2 cuts on the bottom crosslike but not till the top, fill with blue cheese (or any other you like) and roast them on a hot pan.
Hillary @ Easy Peasy Kitchen says
We had this at a party a few years ago, and our group of friends has been obsessed ever since. The mascarpone and honey are amazing with fresh figs! No one can resist this as an appetizer. Not even my husband, who *says* he dislikes figs. http://www.wholeliving.com/131870/fresh-figs-mascarpone-and-warm-spiced-honey
Christine Blubaugh Health Coaching says
Lucky ducky
Linda O´Connor says
Oh my gosh, I haven´t seen one of these since I was a kid. We had one in our backyard.
Linda Pollack Martin says
Just found these recipes: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/healthy_fig_recipes
Arthur B Raleigh says
Figs!
Carl Grossman says
Do you have a dehydrator? Use them in winter cooking.
Gigi Mac says
yum! makes me think of that song about the fig tree! “…a bokserboym, a faygnboym, a mandlboym…”
Lori Bianchi says
OH THE MEMORIES! My grandfather actually grew in very large fruit bearing fig tree in his MICHIGAN greenhouse (unheard of!) so I grew up eating figs…the land was eventually sold and the greenhouse fig tree an all were demolished by the new buyer. I will never again take this lovely fruit for granted (in the Midwest it comes along infrequently and can be pricey) CHERISH each savory bite…and ENJOY.
Marsha Roos says
A gluten free fig cookie of some kind, please!
Bobbie Beaucock says
I Mom and Grandma use to make the most delicios candied figs, and spiced figs. We always saved the spiced figs for Holiday meals. MMMMMMMmmm