7 Ways to Use Late-Summer Figs
From amazing grilled pizza to superfast crostini, here are seven ways to take advantage of all those delicious late-summer figs at the farmers' market.
1. Pizza
This delicious grilled pizza is topped with creamy gorgonzola and sweet fig chunks.
2. Salad
Chef Tim Byres's healthy salad combines plump, juicy grilled figs and a quick fig jam. Or try this sweet-savory summer fruit salad with ripe green or black figs.
3. Tarts
Chestnut honey gives this beautiful fig-and-raspberry tart a spicy kick.
4. Crostini
Have 5 minutes? Top crispy toasted baguette with ricotta, salami and fig.
5. Muffins
These delicious yogurt-spelt breakfast muffins are swirled with a syrup made from fresh figs and Marsala wine. Or try these tender fig-studded cornbread muffins.
And how about some fig jam to eat with those muffins? This super simple fig jam recipe—just figs, sugar and lemon juice—can be easily upgraded with white port and rosemary for an extra special treat. (For extra flavor, substitute 1/2 cup of white port for the water and add one 4-inch sprig of rosemary with the lemon juice.)
6. Cake
"I snagged this dessert from my Scandinavian grandmother," says chef Mehmet Gürs of this fantastic raspberry-and-fig cake. Or make this versatile lemon upside-down cake, which is great with any type of fruit.
7. Clafoutis
F&W Best New Chef '14 Matthew Accarrino's take on the classic French dessert features juicy fresh black mission figs and port-infused whipped cream.
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