Figs?

[BlueCoyote 0]

anyone here do anything with figs?

we have a couple of trees and i am trying to come up with recipes for next years crop. usually all i do is pick them and let the boys have at them. my husband had never even seen a fig(( unless it was in a Newton)) until i introduced him to them... i think he likes them now. he'll take his share along with the boys, the rest the birds, dogs and bees eat.

I cant say i'm a huge fan of them because they're so damned sticky... (i admit i dont like oranges for the same reason)

 

 

anyway i know how to make fig preserves, and i have heard of figgy pudding (from the Christmas Carol lol) but what else can you do with them?

[Waz 4,274]

Parked my van under a fig tree once, just when the fruit was dropping

[BlueCoyote 0]

Parked my van under a fig tree once, just when the fruit was dropping

bet you didnt make that mistake twice lol

[biffo 0]

fig wine

 

get some good yeast for it so it gets to 15-18% alcohol

[mackem 27,646]

Syrup of figs

[richard25 0]

Ohhh i do love figs, i usually just wrap then with a good quality local ham & make loads & put them on a big dish ( like a little starter ) or another thing if you have so many is to try & dry them????

[BlueCoyote 0]

i wondered about fig wine.... i didnt want to mention it because, well, it sounds silly i guess lol but i know they ferment like anything else!

i've also never heard of ham and figs, i wonder what that would be like?

 

and i have dehydrator, but that seems too easy to do lol

 

if i can find out how to do it i want to try the wine!

[biffo 0]

get urself a demijohn or two, airlocks, a siphon tube, a funnel and a fine sieve.

 

cut up and boil the figs in the biggest pan you can lay ur hands on, strain into a plastic bucket (avoid metal containers completely after boiling) add sugar while still warm(not hot) and stir in. when its cooled add the yeast and cover the top of the bucket with a tea towel/cloth, it'll help keep out airbourne fungal spores and the like. let it rest for a couple of days somewhere warm and preferably dark to let the yeast take hold. then pour it into thouroughly cleaned and rinsed demijohns and airlock them, now its all about waiting for a couple of months. keep the demijohns somewhere warm. when its ready use the siphon to bottle the wine to avoid disturbing the sediments.

 

alternatively get a few air-tight storage jars, the biggest you can find, and steep fig halves in vodka for a couple of months or until the vodka is no longer clear. this option leaves you with both figgy vodka and some 40% proof figs to eat.

Edited September 10, 2008 by biffo

[Malt 379]

I planted a fig cutting in my nan's garden 14 years ago. The figs don't last long enough for me to do anything with them, I eat the buggers as soon as they're ready!

[BlueCoyote 0]

get urself a demijohn or two, airlocks, a siphon tube, a funnel and a fine sieve.

 

cut up and boil the figs in the biggest pan you can lay ur hands on, strain into a plastic bucket (avoid metal containers completely after boiling) add sugar while still warm(not hot) and stir in. when its cooled add the yeast and cover the top of the bucket with a tea towel/cloth, it'll help keep out airbourne fungal spores and the like. let it rest for a couple of days somewhere warm and preferably dark to let the yeast take hold. then pour it into thouroughly cleaned and rinsed demijohns and airlock them, now its all about waiting for a couple of months. keep the demijohns somewhere warm. when its ready use the siphon to bottle the wine to avoid disturbing the sediments.

 

alternatively get a few air-tight storage jars, the biggest you can find, and steep fig halves in vodka for a couple of months or until the vodka is no longer clear. this option leaves you with both figgy vodka and some 40% proof figs to eat.

Thanks Biffo!

[Guest bigredbusa]

fig with cross cut in top , put goats cheese inside wrap with parma ham and bake .

[BlueCoyote 0]

i have to ask.. what is parma ham?

[Guest bigredbusa]

italian dry cured ham cut very very thinly

[BlueCoyote 0]

never heard of it. i'll have to have a look around for it.

but it does sound good thanks