For a super tender herb and fig pot roast recipe with a gourmet-level harmony of flavor in each bite, you can select ingredients that will pair particularly well with dried figs. Use warm ...

You're planning a dinner and the recipe calls for fresh figs, but you can't find any. What do you do? Don't worry, you've got plenty of excellent alternatives. Whether it's the fiber-rich dried ...

Figs have been loved for centuries, for their sweet taste and nutritional benefits. These fruits are not just a staple in ...

Smell is important too - avoid any figs that have begun to smell slightly sour. Dried figs are readily available all year round. Fresh figs have an extremely short shelf life. Thin-skinned and ...

4 dry figs 8-9 walnuts 3 tbsp sugar 2-3 tbsp cream 8-9 almonds - chopped few drops of vanilla essence Soak the figs in cold water overnight. Boil them for about half an hour with sugar and then ...

Step 2: Put the dried figs in a small saucepan, cover with the port and bring to the boil, then turn the heat down a little and let the port bubble cheerfully for around 10 minutes. Step 3 ...

Stunningly beautiful and profoundly political, Ripe Figs by Yasmin Khan is a cookbook to savour – and we have three recipes to share here. Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. What comes to mind when you ...

Add the figs, cover and cook on low for ... of the mint and honey. Recipe courtesy of Slow Cooking by Antony Worrall Thompson/Mitchell Beazley, 2012.

One of my favourite-ever recipes is Peta Mathias’ chocolate and fig fruitcake, in which the fruit is soaked in orange juice and brandy (drinking the leftover fig-infused liquid after you’ve ...