Fig Tart – We Love God!

From my childhood up, my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty in choosing whom He would to eternal life, and rejecting him whom He pleased; leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in Hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I have often, since that first conviction, had quite another kind of sense of God's sovereignty than I had then. I have often since had not only a conviction, but a delightful conviction. The doctrine has very often appeared exceeding pleasant, bright, and sweet. Absolute sovereignty is what I love to ascribe to God. But my first conviction was not so.

Jonathan Edwards

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Cooking liv, Import	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8		Fresh figs or 12 dried figs
		up to 10
1		Bottle port
1/2	c	Sugar
1		Cinnamon stick
1		Recipe pate brisee
10		Ripe figs, up to 12
		Granulated sugar for
		sprinkling top of tart

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Clean the figs and remove the hard stem.
In a heavy saucepan, combine  the figs, port, sugar and cinnamon stick.
Make sure that the port  fills the pan by half. Bring to a boil and
reduce to a simmer. If  using fresh figs, cook about 30 to 45 minutes,
and until most of the  liquid is evaporated. If using dried figs,
reduce the amount of sugar  to 1/4 cup and cook them until they are
very tender. Remove the  cinnamon stick and transfer the mixture to a
blender or food  processor. Puree until smooth.  Roll out the tart
dough to an 11-inch circle. Place dough in a  10-inch tart pan with a
removable bottom. Trim edges and refrigerate  until chilled. Fill the
tart shell half way with the compote.  Slice the remaining fresh figs
into 1/4-inch slices. Place the fig  slices on top of the compote in a
spiral fashion and sprinkle with  granulated sugar. Bake for one half
hour and then lower to 350  degrees for another 1/2 hour, or until
filling is thick and bubbling.  Remove and let cool on a rack.  Yield:
one 10-inch tart  Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8969  Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest V1 #803 by "Angele and Jon Freeman"
<jfreeman@netusa1.net> on Sep 24, 1997

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