Fig recipes
Our collection of fig recipes include ideas for both fresh figs – with their sticky, jammy texture – and super sweet dried figs. Plus, they work well in both sweet and savoury dishes.
Try our sticky fig pudding, fig and pistachio friands, fig and burrata pizza or our stunning franginpane fig tart for a crowd.
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Autumn dessert recipes
Zabaione with hazelnuts and figs
Through the alchemy of heat and whisking, eggs, sugar and sweet wine are transformed into the silky cloud of loveliness known as zabaione.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Barbecued aubergine and figs with pickled apricot salsa
You need to know about this barbecued aubergine and fig dish from Helen Graves, which comes with a pickled apricot and harissa salsa. It's the dream dish for a vegetarian barbecue.
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Honeyed figs with crème fraîche and sesame brittle
Sticky sweet figs in herbal honey meet soothing crème fraîche in this effortless dessert perfect for late summer and early autumn. The chunks of sesame brittle add nutty crunch.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Barbecued mackerel wrapped in fig leaves with pickled figs
This barbecued mackerel is wrapped in fig leaves, but preserved vine leaves work well too. The picked figs cut through the oily richness of the mackerel perfectly.
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Fig and hazelnut cake
This fig cake is almost like a large disc of cooked hazelnut marzipan with the added bonus of fresh figs. Serve with ice cream or crème fraîche.
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Fig leaf ice cream
Fig leaves are a wonderful ingredient, and they impart such a heady figginess to this delicious ice cream. It can be served simply with fresh figs, but is even better with a slice of our fig and hazelnut cake.
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Recipes that will make you excited for autumn
Beef carpaccio salad with fresh figs
This simple but mighty beef carpaccio salad makes the most of sweet ripe figs, and it looks really special on the table.
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Fig and goat’s cheese sweet tartlets
These fig and goats cheese tartlets are a twist on cheesecake, featuring oats and seeds in the crunchy base and a lightly sweetened goat’s cheese on top.
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Toastie recipes
Gruyère and pastrami toasties with chilli fig jam
Preserve the figgy goodness in this chilli fig jam - the perfect accompaniment to these pastrami toasties. The recipe makes enough to use with other dishes such as grilled fish or chicken.
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Christmas baking recipes
Party-size fig frangipane tart with stem ginger custard
For a crowd-pleasing dessert that's bursting with festive flavours, look no further than this fig frangipane tart. It's as delicious as it is beautiful.
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Baked figs with blue cheese and balsamic
A simple starter consisting of sweet figs wrapped in salty parma ham, topped with blue cheese and balsamic and then baked until gorgeously sticky.
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Grilled whole halloumi with fig jam
The heavenly combination of salty halloumi with fig jam, sweet and sticky honey and fresh basil is one that never gets old.
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Proper pudding recipes
Sticky fig and caramel pudding
A decadently moist fig sponge sits in a pool of caramel sauce in this toffee-like pudding. Serve with tart crème fraîche to cut through the sweetness.
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Sweet bread recipes
Fig and seville marmalade breakfast buns
Gill Meller shares with us the recipe for his signature breakfast buns that are filled with sweet dates and tangy seville orange marmalade.
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Biscuit recipes
Fig and orange garibaldi petticoat tails
Try making Debbie Major's classic garibaldi biscuits first, then give this fig and orange version a go for an aromatic twist.
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Tarte tatin recipes
Fig tarte tatin
Apples are not the only fruit. This fig tarte tatin by Three Girls Cook is flavoured with brandy, cinnamon and vanilla for a sweet, sticky, warming dessert.
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