Luckily the allotment next to ours & another close by are both unworked & have huge fig trees. We are currently stuffing our faces with masses of such delicious honey tasting scrumped figs. Any other ideas as to what to do with them?
Cut in half, sprinkle with Cointreau or any orange liqueur and leave to soak for an hour or two in the fridge. Toast under the grill ans serve with a dollop of crème fraiche.
A South African friend of mine bakes them in a tart with a sweet custard to set them. They're also good in salads with dollops of fresh soft goat's cheese or mozzarella if you like it and a dressing made with balsmaic vinegar.
Send them to me!!!!!!!! I adore figs. Cor, how lucky are you! Pears are the only thing growing on our site that are unwanted, not that I mind, love pears more than apples, but figs! UMPSKY!
Fig jam, fig cake, dried figs...the figging world is your oyster!
I want to have a go at fig growing as I love them as well. I usually have some dried ones knocking about in the kitchen as they make a good snack when your energy is flagging. I eat quite a lot nowadays :)
Wrap in parma ham and bake
Obbelix, we have some cointreau to hand. The thought of that one made me drool. With the cheeses also sounds good,
EJ, sorry, can't have them. We are lucky I know. The plot next to us gets tidied once a year when they get a letter from the council but thet's it. We have already had masses of Victoria plums but I must say we await the fig ripening with some excitement & anxiety in case some one comes to start doing some thing on the plot. I hate to see things going to waste. I love the idea of fig jam but we don't eat much jam so that would probably be a waste.
Wardy, I'd like to say I grew them myself! The trees are pretty big & we have to trim one as its right next to our plot & grows over our fruit bushes. I adore dried figs, but the family complain about the results of me eating them!
Doris, I'm not sure about the parma combo, but I must be more adventurous.
Thanks.
Enjoy, Beejay - and I can vouch for the Parma ham too, baked or cold as with melon. Delish.
Just picked another 4 1/2lbs! Can't get to the ones at the top of one of the trees. They swell & ripen amazingly quickly! Mmm mmmmm.
I love them stuffed with blue cheese - i am sooooo jealous, have nowhere near enough room to grow figs :(
Hi, have a small fig tree in a pot in the garden, that has lots of small fruits....when are they ready to pick, and what do I do with them when picked... Sorry of I sound a bit dumb..!
Hi Crusher. They are ripe when they swell, turn a bit purplish & the fruit hangs down rather than pointing up or across. As to what to do, eat! (or see above).It's not dumb, a couple of years ago I wouldn't have had a clue.
Hi Beejay,
Similar idea to Obbelix, we cross ct the tops and squeeze like a posh jacket spud, place cut side up in an oven proof dish, cover bottom of dish with 1/4 inch of orange juice, sprinkle with plenty of brown sugar and bake in a hot oven for 20 - 30 minutes. Great on own, better with real vanilla ice-cream :P