I want to live like that little fig tree / that sprouted up at the beach last spring  / and spread its leaves over the sandy rock. (Edward Hirsch)

Figs are a beautiful, tasty gift of the Autumn: they are the perfect ingredient both for desserts and for salty dishes. Here are Swide top recipes quick and easy.

Figs salad

  

Ingredients:

8 ripe yellow or black figs

a bunch of rocket

150 gr peeled walnuts

crumbled blue cheese

olive oil

lemon (1/2 lemon juice)

pinch of salt

Rinse the rocket. Clean the figs (peeling them or not, as you like). Wisk the olive oil with the lemon and the salt creating a dressing for your salad and pour it over it. Toss in walnuts and blue cheese and toss again. Serve with a dry white wine like Pinot Grigio. Serves 4.

Pasta with Figs

 

Ingredients:

350 gr linguine pasta

500 gr ripe figs

40 gr butter

a glass of white wine

100 gr prosciutto crudo

salt

Cook the pasta normally until al dente (cook it for a minute less than indicated on the box). In a skillet, quickly heat the butter and some white wine until alcohol dissolves and turn off the heat. On the side, rinse the figs and cut each fig into 4 pieces. Toss the pasta in the skillet with butter and white wine and sautee for a minute. Add the figs and small slices of prosciutto and serve. Pair with a fresh white wine such as a Pigato. Serves 2/3.

Fig Jam

 

Ingredients:

1 Kg figs

750 gr sugar

1 lemon

Rinse the figs and place them in a big pan and cover them with cold water. Bring it to the boil and then cook at medium heat for 20 minutes. Drain the figs, peel them and dice them. Place them in a pan with half a glass of water and cook them at low heat, stirring often, for 20 minutes. Add the sugar and the juice of the lemon and keep cooking until reach the desired texture. Place when still hot in jam jars, close them hermetically and keep them under a warm cloth until they cool off. Then place them in a cool and dark closet.

Written by: Elisa della Barba