confiture de figues
A confiture is the French name for a jam or a preserve. My favorite fruit is Black Mission figs. In fact, my secret comfort food are Fig Newtons. That being said, I love making fig jam to savor all year. Here is a recipe from one of my French culinary mentors for a chutney-like Fig Jam or Confiture de Figues.
For the Sugar Syrup
½ cup water
1 pound granulated sugar
½ vanilla bean, split and scraped
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 pounds figs, preferable Black Mission
To Prepare the Fig Jam: Make sure you choose figs that are ripe. Gently clean the figs by wiping the skin with damp cloth and try to keep them whole.
To prepare the sugar syrup, combine the water, sugar, vanilla bean and seeds, lemon juice and vanilla pod. in a non-reactive sauce pot . Place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Add the figs, reduce the cooking temperature and let stew for 1½ to or 2 hours.
Remove the scum from top of syrup as the fruit cooks. Once the fruit is cooked remove the vanilla bean and can according to proper canning techniques.
July 26, 2008 at 11:41 pm
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