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Roasted Figs In Honey Butter And Orange

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CATEGORY CUISINE TAG YIELD
Fruits, Dairy Fruits 1 Servings

INGREDIENTS

8 TO 12 fresh figs
50 g Unsalted butter
30 Honey
Juice of 1 orange and
finely grated rind
Orange cream:
150 Double cream
Juice of 1/2 orange

INSTRUCTIONS

Peel the figs and cut each one vertically into quarters. Melt the
butter and honey in an oven-proof dish then stir in the orange juice.
Place the figs in a single layer in the dish and sprinkle over the
orange rind. Cook in a preheated oven at 190 C or 375 F for 15
minutes, basting occasionally.  To make orange cream, lightly whip the
cream with the orange juice.  Transfer the figs to warmed serving
plates and spoon over some of the  juices. Serve warm, with the orange
cream. Posted to EAT-L Digest 11  Aug 96  Date:    Mon, 12 Aug 1996
17:12:53 EDT  From:    erika metzieder <100627.3022@COMPUSERVE.COM>
NOTES : Part of  Menu 10. All recipes taken from "The Masterchef
Collection" (Ebury  Press, L 12.99).

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 603
Calories From Fat: 365
Total Fat: 41.5g
Cholesterol: 107.5mg
Sodium: 13.9mg
Potassium: 813mg
Carbohydrates: 60.8g
Fiber: 6.9g
Sugar: 46.7g
Protein: 3.8g


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