Breakfast
Fig jam toast
Good bread, salted butter, a thick layer of fig jam. The point of having jam in the house, and a way to taste…
Recipes
Ways to use a jar of fig jam and a basket of fresh figs, from breakfast toast to the end of dinner. Recipes marked as samples have not yet been cooked and measured in our kitchen.
Cheese and charcuterie
Fig jam and goat cheese crostini
Crisp slices of baguette, soft goat cheese, a spoon of fig jam and a few leaves of thyme. The easiest thing…
Cheese and charcuterie
Fig jam baked brie
A whole brie warmed until it just yields, topped with fig jam and toasted walnuts. Ten minutes of work for…
Sauces and glazes
Fig jam glaze for pork or chicken
Fig jam loosened with vinegar, mustard and a little soy, brushed on in the last minutes of roasting. Sticky…
Baking
Fresh fig tart
Halved figs on a thin layer of almond cream in a shortcrust shell, baked until the fruit slumps and…
Savoury
Fig, prosciutto and rocket salad
Torn figs, ribbons of prosciutto, peppery leaves, shaved parmesan and a dressing sharpened with a spoon of…
Savoury
Fig, gorgonzola and onion pizza
A white pizza with slow-cooked onions, blue cheese and sliced figs, finished with rocket. Sweet, salty and a…
Baking
Fig and olive oil cake
A tender olive oil cake with fresh figs pressed into the top. Not too sweet, and better on the second day.