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Baked Figs With Honey & Spices

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Ingredients

  • 12 ripe fresh figs
  • 1 tablespoon ghee or butter plus extra for greasing
  • 2 teaspoons cardamom seeds
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • grated rind of 1 lemon
  • 4 –5 tablespoons honey
  • icing sugar for dusting
  • strained yogurt crème fraîche or clotted cream, to serve

Instructions

  • Cut each fig lengthways into quarters, keeping the base intact, and place in a lightly greased ovenproof dish.
  • Melt the ghee or butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, stir in the cardamom seeds, cinnamon sticks, lemon rind and honey and cook for 2 minutes until bubbling.
  • Pour the mixture evenly over the figs.
  • Bake in a preheated oven, 200°C Gas Mark 6, for 20 minutes.
  • Serve dusted with icing sugar accompanied by yogurt, crème fraîche or clotted cream, to be dolloped into the middle of each fig.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

For creamy figs with cinnamon honey,

place 8 ripe fresh figs on a plate and, using a small, sharp knife, cut a deep cross into the top of each one, keeping the base intact. Put a spoonful of clotted cream or strained yogurt into the hollow and drizzle each one with 1 tablespoon runny honey. Dust with ground cinnamon and serve.
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Course Dessert / Fruit
Cuisine Arabic