Fresh figs

[Onceuponatime]

What is your favorite way to use fresh figs besides just eating them plain? We have a bumper crop this year.

Edited August 7, 2017 by Onceuponatime

[zoobie]

Fig preserves

 

Wrap in prosciutto, maybe with some goat cheese inside

 

Fig on flat bread, a sharp cheese, drizzle with balsamic

 

Ice cream

 

Mmmm, figs... darn low carb diet! ;)

[heartlikealion]

Dh has been making something the is a sauce for meat?? He's also eaten it on bread, but the main intent was used to cook with. I think it had figs, a little bit of strawberry and strawberry jello, and some lemon and cinnamon??

Edited August 7, 2017 by heartlikealion

[Kebo]

I have these recipes saved to try, but haven't had a chance to yet -- the birds get 95% of our figs and we just eat the rest fresh as they come off the tree.

 

Fig and Lemon Cake:   http://cf.diethood.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Fig-and-Lemon-Cake-Diethood.jpg

Fig-a-licious tart:  http://www.trinityskitchen.com/fig-a-licious-vegan-tart-gluten-free/

Fig Honey Jam:  http://tasty-yummies.com/fig-honey-jam-gluten-free-refined-sugar-free/

Fig Honey Yogurt Smoothie:  https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Fig-Honey-Yogurt-Smoothie-Recipe-25458481

Fig Honey and Goat Cheese Galette:  http://kitchenconfidante.com/midnight-snack

Oatmeal Fig Jam Squares:  http://www.motherthyme.com/2016/12/oatmeal-fig-jam-squares.html

Fig and Goat Cheese Bruschetta:  http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fig-goat-cheese-bruschetta

Fig and Walnut Stuffed Cookies:  http://www.littlebroken.com/2014/12/12/fig-and-walnut-stuffed-cookies/

Orange Fig Jam:  http://christinascucina.com/2013/07/when-life-gives-you-figs-make-fig-jam.html 

Rosemary and Fig Chicken (uses fig jam):  http://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2016/03/rosemary-fig-chicken.html?showComment=1459379209388#c9124869397276120585

Italian Fig Cookies:  https://cucinafresca.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/cuccidati-italian-fig-cookies-2/

5 Ingredient Raw Fig Bars:  http://thealmondeater.com/2014/04/5-ingredient-raw-fig-bars/

[MomsintheGarden]

What is your favorite way to use fresh figs besides just eating them plain? We have a bumper crop this year.

Do you mind stating your zone? We are in zone 6b/7a, and we planted a hardy fig this spring in a somewhat protected area. We are hoping to get a crop next year if we wrap our plant this winter. I'd love to hear any tips you have for successfully growing figs. Thanks!

[Onceuponatime]

Do you mind stating your zone? We are in zone 6b/7a, and we planted a hardy fig this spring in a somewhat protected area. We are hoping to get a crop next year if we wrap our plant this winter. I'd love to hear any tips you have for successfully growing figs. Thanks!

We are on the border of zones 7a/7b. We don't usually do anything to the plant over winter. Most people here don't wrap their figs, but I might do it this year, we have had ice damage in the past. All I do is put some manure down around the plant in the spring and rake it lightly into the soil. Even if a fig dies back in the winter, it will usually grow back from the roots.

[Chris in VA]

LOL Fresh figs gross me out. We had them in Israel. I liked the taste, but the texture...*shudder* It was like eating pin worms.  :eek:

[scrapbookbuzz]

Dry them. I much prefer dried figs to fresh.

[Angie in VA]

*Heavy sigh*

 

I wish I could use the info in this thread. Our fig trees just don't produce anymore. Same thing happened to a friend who lives around the corner. He finally chopped them down. Ours get tall and have lots of leaves and we even see green fruit, but it never ripens. I miss those figs. They were so good!

 

What is your secret to keeping an annual crop? 

[Cosmos]

Yogurt with caramelized figs and pistachios (or pine nuts)

http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-yogurt-with-caramelized-155838