figs

When we came home from our trip on Monday afternoon, we discovered our fig tree was incredibly full, and hanging low. Tuesday morning, Andrew and I spent a good half hour picking (and still aren't done!) We have oodles of fresh figs, and are unable to eat them all. It got me thinking about different fig recipes.

Peep that colour!

I started thinking about flavours I liked. I saw we had a huge bottle of balsamic vinegar. Bingo.

Reduced Fig Balsamic:
4 ripe fresh figs
1 cup balsamic vinegar

In a saucepan, put in quartered figs. Let cook until broken down and bubbling. Once the figs are broken down, add the balsamic vinegar.

Bring to a boil. Once the vinegar and fix mixture starts boiling, turn down the heat and let thicken. Stir occasionally. Once the vinegar is a thick, syrupy consistency, take of heat and let cool.

Just hanging out in some of my 444 Cinderella bowls :)

That's it! I thought it would make a great salad dressing. My mum threw it on some chicken breast and it was amazing. She wants me to make a larger batch so we can keep it on hand. I imagine it would also taste really good on top of pork, or ice cream even!

I found a recipe for a fig, brie and prosciutto thin crust pizza. I'm eager to try that as those are some of my favourite flavours!