Recipe(tried): Fabulous Figs

These make a fabulous dessert served with ice cream and/or pound cake and they look lovely in their jars with loose seeds falling free around the packed figs.

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Preserved Figs with Star Anise and Bay

Recipe By : Deborah Madison - The Savory Way
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pickles & Preserves

Amount Measure Ingredient -----------------------
3 lbs Figs
1 Lemon
2 1/2 cups Sugar
6 Whole Star Anise
1 Bay Leaf

Cut off the tough stems of the figs, then halve them and put them in a non-corroding bowl. Remove several wide strips of lemon zest and slice into thin slivers.

Bring sugar & water to a boil with lemon zest, anise and bay - boil slowly for 5 mins., stirring at first to dissolve sugar. Pour syrup over figs, add the juice of the lemon and leave overnight, covered in a cool place.

Next day, transfer figs to wide saucepan. Gently bring them to a boil and simmer slowly for the better part of 2 hours. Occasionally check and stir carefully making sure all are submerged. Prepare canning jars, ladle in the figs and their juices. Process according to your usual methods.

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NOTES : These make a fabulous dessert served with ice cream and/or pound cake and they look lovely in their jars with loose seeds falling free around the packed figs.