Fresh Figs! Our tree is providing - and they are part of a great dessert I came up with...

[NRaleighLiberal]

Into an oven-proof skillet in a 400 degree oven we put a tbsp or 2 of butter, a few tbsp maple syrup, a few tsp cinnamon, and a dozen or so figs, cut in half. Roast until they sizzle nicely - in the meantime, toast some walnuts.

Serve the fig mixture over vanilla ice cream topped with the nuts - we actually switched to using Trader Joe vanilla soy creamy in place of ice cream for the last few years - in fact we like it better than real ice cream!

[cbayer]

1. Yum!! We had fresh figs the first few weeks we got here.

We at them plain, with prosciutto, with cheese and made jams. Your recipe sounds fantastic.

Enjoy them. They are some of the best fruits on earth.

[MrMickeysMom]

2. You grow figs in NC?

I'm assuming you live there…

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. sure do! we've lived here for 22 years.

[MrMickeysMom]

4. Damn...

Think I could somehow in PA (Pittsburgh area) We fall under zone "5".

[japple]

5. No figs this year in my area of North Georgia. Almost everyone's bushes/trees were victims of

severe cold this past winter. I had to cut mine to the ground in the Spring. There are a few small fruits and they might ripen before frost, but they look very puny.