It’s fig season, here are some recipes with fresh figs that can be made easily and quickly. Below are suggested recipes ranging from sweet to savory, for making appetizers, main courses, and desserts with figs.

Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Very Cheap
Rest time: 2 Minutes
Preparation time: 5 Minutes
Portions: 2
Cooking methods: Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Fall, Winter

74.00 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 74.00 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 19.18 (g) of which sugars 16.26 (g)
Proteins 0.75 (g)
Fat 0.30 (g) of which saturated 0.06 (g)of which unsaturated 0.21 (g)
Fibers 2.90 (g)
Sodium 582.37 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 4 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

7 oz figs
to taste salt

Tools

1 Knife
1 Cutting Board

Recipes with Fresh Figs

Figs are a very versatile fruit that can be used in many recipes. Given their sweet and soft flavor, they need to be balanced by other ingredients in savory recipes.

I like to serve them with bacon or ham so that their saltiness enhances the sweetness.

In desserts, they pair well with ricotta, mascarpone, and spices like cinnamon and rosemary.

To add a crunchy note given the consistency of figs, you can use walnuts or make the ham and bacon crispy.