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.
Not exact matches
I made this yesterday for my mother's birthday and substituted black
mission figs for the dates (seeing
as I had none on hand and her birthday party was in less than an hour) and it was DELICOUS!
Black
mission figs are
as tasty
as they are beautiful and I just want to motorboat a handful of these babies even before I get to making anything with them.
Experiment with different
figs, such
as Black
Mission, Calimyrna, and Kadota.
DRIED FRUIT Dried fruits such
as dates and black
mission figs can be found in the fridge (this brand is a favorite for
figs, our dates are from local farmers).
Top the glass with a halved fresh black
mission fig or use the figgy butterscotch sauce
as a drizzle over a cheesecake that you have topped with a couple of brandy marinated, but not macerated, black
mission figs.