Honey-and-thyme-poached figs
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Sauternes or other dessert wine |
| ½ | cup | Apple juice |
| 1 | tablespoon | Honey; or to taste |
| ½ | teaspoon | Fresh thyme leaves |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ½ | pounds | Dried Calimyrna figs; stemmed, halves,and |
| ; each half cut into | ||
| ; 5 thin strips | ||
| Mascarpone; creme fraiche or | ||
| ; sour cream as an | ||
| ; accompaniment | ||
| 1 | tablespoon | Julienne strips of lemon zest |
Directions
In a saucepan bring the wine and the apple juice to a boil with the honey, the thyme, and the vanilla and simmer the mixture for 3 minutes. Add the figs and simmer the mixture, covered partially, for 5 minutes, or until the figs are very soft. Serve the figs warm with the syrup in stemmed glasses topped with the mascarpone and the zest.
Serves 4.
Gourmet November 1993
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