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25 sweet and savoury ways to give a fig this season

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25 recipes
Blistered tomato, fig and crispy pita with herb dressing.
EASY

Blistered tomato, fig and crispy pita with herb dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Slow-roasted onions, toasted sourdough, fresh figs and goat's cheese intermingle in this sweet and shiny salad.
EASY

Fig, roasted onion, blue cheese and sourdough salad with apple dressing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
The crunch of the toasted pistachio crumble pairs perfectly with smooth spoonfuls of the lightly whipped caramel mousse.

Salted caramel mousse with pistachio crumble and figs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Lamb backstrap with charred potatoes and fresh figs.
EASY

Lamb backstrap with olive dressing, charred potatoes and figs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Served while still hot, this pudding is delicious paired with the cool, evergreen flavours of the rosemary-infused cream.
EASY

Fig and chocolate pudding with rosemary cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's honey cake gets better with age.

Honey cake with figs and whisky

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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Ripe, fleshy figs, lightly baked in red wine with sweet and creamy yoghurt on the side.
EASY

Wine-roasted figs with sweet tahini yoghurt

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
A warm salad of halloumi, prosciutto and figs.
EASY

Warm halloumi salad with prosciutto and figs

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Helen Goh's fig and pistachio bakewell tart.

Fig and pistachio bakewell tart

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Fig leaves add flavour to this panna cotta.

Vanilla and fig-leaf panna cotta with lemon syrup

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Fig and lemon yoghurt cake.

Fig and lemon yoghurt cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Roasted figs with yoghurt thyme ice-cream.

Roasted figs with yoghurt thyme ice-cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Caramelised fig pavlova.

Mini pavlovas with caramelised figs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Poached eggs with smoked ham hock, figs and macadamias.

Smoked ham hock (or bacon) with poached eggs, figs and macadamias

  • 2 hrs +
  • Darren Robertson and Matt La Brooy
Figs, blue cheese, honeycomb and pecans.
EASY

Composed salad of figs, blue cheese, fresh honeycomb and pecans

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Matt La Brooy
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Roasted figs with prosciutto and gorgonzola

Roasted figs with prosciutto and gorgonzola

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Roast rack of pork with fresh figs.

Roast rack of pork with fresh figs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Salad of fresh figs with walnuts, goat's curd and pomegranate vinaigrette.

Salad of fresh figs with walnuts, goat’s curd and pomegranate vinaigrette

  • < 30 mins
Figs, prosciutto, mozzarella and vino cotto.
EASY

Figs, prosciutto, buffalo mozzarella and vino cotto

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Autumn fruit compote.

Poached autumn fruit compote

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Prosciutto-wrapped linguine with chilli, lemon and figs.

Figs with prosciutto-wrapped linguine

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Saffron yoghurt with pistachios

Saffron yoghurt with pistachios and figs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Woolwich, Sydney. Lynne Mullins food for GL. Pic shows.... Warm fig and pomegranate salad. (May 15)Photo: Quentin Jones. 23 April 2012.

Warm fig and pomegranate salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
Fig jam with star anise and cinnamon.

Fig jam with star anise and cinnamon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
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Roast chicken with balsamic figs.

Roast chicken supremes with balsamic and honey figs and green beans

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix

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