For these muffins, I used a few
dried figs in the mix since they're my favorite dried fruits along with raisins, currants, plums, apricots, and mulberries.
Soak the chopped
dried figs in orange juice overnight if required.
looking forward to trying these... for some unknown readon, i have an unGodly number of
dried figs in the pantry!!
This perfect summer salad combines both fresh and
dried figs in a sweet - tangy vinaigrette.
You can make this recipe with fresh or dried figs: you'll find
dried figs in markets year round, while fresh figs are only available seasonally.
I had
some dried figs in the pantry and a day at home with a sick dog who needed care.
Sun and sea breezes allow for air -
drying figs in this area, a traditional method for preserving this fruit.
Navitas Naturals Mulberries are akin to
a dried fig in flavor and chewiness.
Not exact matches
But, then again, it is written that they are a bunch of walking spiritual dead,
dry bones
in this last generation of the
Fig tree.
Hi Susi, I usually suggest
dried figs or prunes as an alternative to dates
in my recipes.
I use medjool dates quite a lot
in my recipes as they are super sweet and easy to cook with but you could try using prunes or
dried figs instead.
This time I used a combination of
dried apricots and
dried figs but have used both prunes and golden raisins
in the past with good results.
You get some crunch from toasted almonds, and sweetness from
dried figs which works nicely to offset the acid
in the shallot vinaigrette.
For this
fig, plum & pomegranate jam I also used ground
dried lemon peel (You can find the recipe
in my Instagram feed.)
I can't usually find fresh
figs here, but the package of
dried ones I have is
in hiding for precisely this reason.
CONTENTS Why This Book Now 1 BASICS Gremolata 10 Aioli 10 Bagna Cauda 12 Salsa Verde 13 Chimichurri Sauce 14 Yogurt Sauce 16 Tzatziki 17 Tomatillo Salsa 18 Spiced Nut - Date Sauce 20 Buttermilk - Herb Dressing 21 Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 24 Greenest Goddess Dressing and Dip 24 Applesauce 27 Sautéed Apples 28 Romesco Sauce 29 Quick Tomato Sauce 30 Chicken Stock 32 Ricotta Cheese 33 Cream Cheese Dough 36 Crème Fraîche 37 Preserved Lemons 39 Preserved Quince 42 5 - Day Sauerkraut 44 Quick Vegetable Pickles 49 Strawberry - Orange Jam 50 Blueberry Jam 51 Peach Jam 56 Quince Jelly 58 Apple Butter 60 Corn Tortillas 62 BREAKFAST AND BRUNCH Granola 68 Flax - Coconut Muffins 71 Banana Bread with Streusel Topping 74 Sour Cream Coffee Cake 76 Buckwheat Crêpes 77 Any Day Pancakes 82 Buckwheat Dutch Baby with Sauteéd Apples 83 Crispy Waffles 85 Popovers 86 Kuku Sabzi (Persian Vegetable and Herb Omelet) 88 Mollet Eggs with Avocado and Roe 92 APPETIZERS AND SNACKS Goat Cheese — Garlic Spread 98
Fig - Plum Compote 101 Stuffed Dates 101 Ceci Cacio e Pepe (Roasted Chickpeas with Cheese and Pepper) 103 Granola Bark 104 Cheese - and - Pepper Crackers 107 Gougères 110 Pissaladiere 112 Aguachile with Shrimp and Scallops 115 Chicken Liver Mousse 116 Socca (Chickpea Crisps) 118 Gravlax 120 SOUPS Ancho Pepper Soup 126 Cauliflower - Garlic Soup with Watercress Pesto 129 Billi Bi Soup with Saffron 131 Simple Crab Bisque 134 Black Bean and Ham Hock Soup 136 Stracciatella (Italian Egg Drop Soup) 138 Avgolemono (Greek Lemon Soup) 141 Kapusniak (Polish Cabbage and Sour Cream Soup) 143 Summer Greens Soup 144 SALADS, VEGETABLES, AND SIDES Vegetable Slaw 148 Fattoush with Country Bread 151 Treviso Salad 152 Kale and Cucumber Salad with Tahini - Lemon Dressing 153 English Pea, Pea Shoot, Fennel, and Goat Cheese Salad 154 Purple Salad 157 Celery Root and Citrus Salad 158 Romanesco Salad 160 Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Panzanella with Basil Salsa Verde 161 Chicken — Celery Root Salad 163 Tomato, Shelling Beans, and Cucumber Salad 164 Many Bean Salad with Preserved Lemon and Herbs 166 Dark Leafy Greens with Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 168 Job's Tears Salad 169 Black - Eyed Peas, Ham, and Collards 170 Royal Corona Beans with Chimichurri Sauce and Smelts 172 Succotash 173 Roasted Fall Vegetables and Apples 175 Zucchini - Herb Fritters 178 Beets and Greens with Hazelnuts and Honey - Vinegar Dressing 181 Pan-Roasted Eggplant 182 Roasted Baby Eggplant with Yogurt Sauce 182 Masa Harina and Millet Cornbread 184 Whole - Loaf Cheesy Garlic Bread 186 Cheese and Corn Soufflé 188 Corn, Green Beans, and Parmesan 193 Sorghum and Corn «Risotto» 195 Restaurant Mashed Potatoes 197 Cottage Fries 198 Creamed Potatoes with Dill 200 Rösti Potatoes 201 Potato Gratin 203 Fried Potatoes and Roasted Oyster Mushrooms 206 Chris Kronner's Onion Rings and Tempura Vegetables 207 Brandade 209 MAINS Ricotta Dumplings 214 Spring Risotto 217 Seafood Salad with Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 219 Chopped Salad of Salmon and Vegetables 220 One - Side Sautéed Salmon with Chive Butter Sauce 223 Hot - Smoked Salmon with Salsa Verde Cream Sauce 225 Seafood Stew with Aioli 227 Spatchcocked Roasted Chicken 228 Fried Chicken 233 Savory Bread Pudding with Wild Mushrooms and Bacon 237 Cider Caramel Pork Ribs 241 Pork Chops
in Mustard Sauce with Apples 243 Lamb Kofta (Spicy Lamb Skewers) 245
Dry - Rubbed Tri-Tip 249 Carbonnade à la Flamande with Celery Heart Salad (Flemish Beef Short Rib Stew) 254 Beef Daube (Beef Stew) 256 GATHERINGS Menus 260 Pan Bagnat 263 Eggplant Parmesan Gratin with Fresh Tomatoes and Quinoa 264 Holiday Turkey with Turkey Gravy 266 Carnitas 272 Porchetta 276 Leg of Lamb over Potato - Onion Gratin with Mint Salsa Verde 279 DESSERTS Shortbread 284 Fresh Ginger Cookies 285 Chocolate - Buckwheat Madeleines 288 Pistachio Madeleines 290 Jam Bars 292 Walnut Pralines 294 Double Chocolate Sorghum Brownies 296 Apple Beehive 297 Spiced Apple - Walnut Cake 300 Lemon Pound Cake 302 Cornmeal - Ricotta Upside - Down Cake 305 Teff Carrot Cake 308 Birthday Cake with Fluffy Milk Chocolate Frosting 310 Tartine Chocolate - Almond Cake 314 Mocha - Hazelnut Cake with Whipped Cream 317 Pavlova with Citrus and Stone Fruit 319 Blueberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Buttermilk Biscuit Topping 324 Apple Pie 328 Boysenberry Pie 331 Cherry - Frangipane Galette 332 Champagne Gelée with Strawberries 334 Dark Chocolate and Toasted Almond Semifreddo 338 Chocolate Pots de Crème 340 Kabocha Custard 341 Flan 343 Lemon Pudding Cake 346 Persimmon Pudding 347 Catalonian Rice Pudding 349 Sticky Date Pudding with Hot Toffee Sauce 252 Candied Orange Peel 355 Fluffy Milk Chocolate Frosting 357 Marshmallows 358
And while the jury's out on whether or not these
dried fruits can actually help you get it on, John and Kira's chocolate covered
figs certainly make us a little weak
in the knees.
still, there really is nothing better than a fresh
fig I've met people here (
in boston) that have never had a fresh
fig before, only
dried — it blows my mind!
For variations on this diet cookie recipe, for a very minimal increase
in calories, you could add a handful of chopped,
dried figs, raisins, or walnuts.
TRAIL MIX: I make my own very simply by mixing together my favourite nuts and seeds — cashews, almonds, pecans, coconut flakes, and then adding some
dried fruit
in too: raisins,
figs, and dates.
I see that some people have used
dried prunes or
figs in its place.
Until then, I have access to some amazing organic
dried figs and spreads from Valley
Fig Growers
in California.
Made with young Dalmatian walnuts and orchard
figs,
dried in the Autumnal sun, this sweet treat graces many cheese boards
in this neck of the woods and is typically matched with a fine local cheese, fresh from the Island of Pag or the farmer down the road.
Optional: you can add different nuts, goji berries, desiccated coconut,
dried figs, roll them
in cacao, coconut or chia seeds.
The grocery didn't have
dried cranberries
in stock, so I impromptu subbed diced, organic black mission
figs as the fruit and coconut sugar for the brown sugar; the three of us agreed that the
figs seemed just as good or better than we imagined cranberries being, and the softer fruit flesh allows them to caramelize beautifully along with the gardein scallopini.
If you can't find
dried figs, try swapping
in dried apricots.
In the oven now is a mixture of toasted pistachios, pepitas,
dried cranberries, chopped
dried figs and sweetened with maple syrup.
They're packed with more Vitamin C than an orange, are high
in iron, lower
in sugar than other
dried fruits, and they taste a little like a
fig, vanilla, and a raisin all
in one.
Desserts: Blackberry - Red Wine Chocolate Cake by Love & Olive Oil Chocolate - Pinot Noir Fondue by Noble Pig Blackberry Cabernet Granita by The Kitchn Blackberry - Cabernet Sorbet by Gim me Some Oven Sugar Free Blackberry Cabernet Ice Cream by Christine Cooks Merlot Cream Cheese Brownies by Taste as You Go Cherry Cabernet Brownies by Better Homes and Gardens Chocolate Red Wine Cupcakes by Teacher by Day... Chef by Night Chocolate Red Wine Cupcakes with Red Wine Buttercream by Sensual Appeal Red Wine Poached Rhubarb by David Lebovitz Strawberries with Cabernet - Black Pepper Syrup by Rustic Kitchen Red Wine Chocolate Cake by Smitten Kitchen Ripe
Figs in Spiced Red Wine Syrup by Sippity Sup Blueberry Cheesecake Cabernet Popsicles by Endless Simmer Goat Cheese Custard + Strawberries
in Red Wine Syrup by David Lebovitz Red Wine Chocolate Truffles by Sprinkle Bakes Red Wine Truffles with
Dried Cherries by Art of Dessert Wine Poached Pears by eCurry Vegan Chocolate Merlot Mousse by Go Dairy Free
The
dried figs are stuffed with a mixture of walnuts, pistachios and white chocolate, then enrobed
in more white chocolate.
If you're eating
figs in the U.S., it's likely they've come from California, which grows 98 % of the nation's fresh
figs (and 100 % of the
dried ones).
You can really play around with different additives such as toasted almonds or hazelnuts
in place of the walnuts, or using
dried cranberries, apricots, or dates
in place of the
figs.
I bet
dried figs would work great
in this recipe too.
Whole wheat scones with the mix -
ins I happened to have on hand:
dried figs, pistachios, chocolate chips
I used
dried figs soaked for a while
in hot water and they were great.
Pictured below I have made this pudding
in a variety of flavors: raw chocolate pudding with freeze
dried tart cherries, carob with toasted coconut chips, and vanilla with chopped
figs.
Package of Cooking Dates 1 / 2 Cup Coconut Sugar 1 Tablespoon Water 1 Teaspoon Coconut Oil (Optional) 1 Teaspoon Vanilla 1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans (Pistachios are amazing as well) 1/2 Cup Chopped
Dried Fruit (Nectarines, Cranberries,
Figs, etc) Chop dates and put them
in a frying pan with water and coconut sugar and coconut oil.
The filling is what really caught my attention - it is made from
dried figs marinated overnight
in port and pomegranate juice and then pureed...
You can also get your five - a-day
in chip form with natural apple chips, or even
dried, with
dried figs — this version has added moisture, for a completely new approach to
dried fruit.
i made a massive bunch of this (for hostess gifts) with
dried figs added
in!
You get crunch from toasted almonds, and sweetness from
dried figs which works nicely to offset the acid
in the shallot vinaigrette.
Featuring some of my superfoods including raw cacao, raw cacao nibs, mulberries,
dried figs, and real vanilla bean powder, these truffles come together
in just minutes and make a nice little batch you can keep on hand throughout the week.
Based
in Izmir, Anatolia supplies a wide range of products, including sultanas, raisins, apricots, dates,
figs, currents and
dried mixed fruit, which are exported worldwide.
In the winter months, dried fruit such as figs, prunes or dates also work well, as soaking the dried fruit in the cream and milk softens it while cookin
In the winter months,
dried fruit such as
figs, prunes or dates also work well, as soaking the
dried fruit
in the cream and milk softens it while cookin
in the cream and milk softens it while cooking.
* 1 cup chopped
dried figs * 1/3 cup brandy * 1 1/4 cup sugar (I usually use organic sugar, but this time I used «sugar
in the raw») * 3/4 cup organic cocoa powder * 3 cups blanched almond flour * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon * 2 teaspoons baking soda * 1/4 teaspoons fine sea salt * 1/2 cup olive oil * 4 eggs, preferably organic and free range * Olive oil and flour for the pan * Confectioner's sugar, preferably organic, for dusting the finished cake - optional
Crunchy toasted walnuts and sweet, juicy
dried figs coated
in homemade yogurt - like «white chocolate» on a slightly salty buttery biscuit base... they're quite hard to put down and devilishly moreish and probably won't be around for long.
We grow wonderful dark
figs in my homeland, Turkey, and
dry them to eat when not
in season, what a treat.
What a fabulous idea to mix
in dried figs with candied nuts!
They're organic, have no added sugars, and are juicier than regular
dried figs since they're made
in a special process that infuses water to preserve them naturally.
You don't have to use
dried figs if you prefer, but I only use a tiny bit since I chop them up finely, so there's less than one
fig in 3 muffins, making these very low
in natural sugars.