| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Dairy |
|
November 19 |
1 |
servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 |
c |
Sauternes or other dessert wine |
| 1/2 |
c |
Apple juice |
| 1 |
tb |
Honey; or to taste |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Fresh thyme leaves |
| 1/4 |
ts |
Vanilla |
| 1/2 |
lb |
Dried Calimyrna figs; stemmed, halves,and |
|
|
; each half cut into |
|
|
; 5 thin strips |
|
|
Mascarpone; creme fraiche or |
|
|
; sour cream as an |
|
|
; accompaniment |
| 1 |
tb |
Julienne strips of lemon zest |
INSTRUCTIONS
In a saucepan bring the wine and the apple juice to a boil with the honey,
the thyme, and the vanilla and simmer the mixture for 3 minutes. Add the
figs and simmer the mixture, covered partially, for 5 minutes, or until the
figs are very soft. Serve the figs warm with the syrup in stemmed glasses
topped with the mascarpone and the zest.
Serves 4.
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