What to do with Figs?

Ozzie_Isaac

I have a fig tree producing tons of fruit.  I have never had a productive fig tree before.  What do you do with them?

JohnInCarolina

I’ve heard that God hates figs, for what it’s worth.

RRP

Best use use is similar to a bean bag toss game. Sit a garbage can 10 feet away and see how many you can toss into the can before the garbage man comes to haul them away!

Gulfcoastguy

I have a recipe for fresh fig barbecue sauce. Also one for fig cake but that would require canning them first. Figs can be dehydrated and used in baked goods like you would raisins or crasins. Can't think of any Egg based recipes off of the bat. Off hand I would say look up fig preserves in order to save them since they take a long time to dehydrate.

shtgunal3

I love fresh figs. Just eat right off the tree. Gig preserves ain’t bad either.

Legume

Stuff halves with blue cheese, drizzle with balsamic or balsamic syrup.

slice thin and put on pizza with bacon

Legume

Goat cheese is good with them too.  They’re great fresh

SciAggie

OMG - send them to me! I love figs. Eat them raw of course. Wrap with really thin bacon and grill them like an ABT. Figs reduce easily into a drip jam. Lightly roasted on grilled sourdough with the previously mentioned goat cheese. 

northGAcock

Home made fig newtons. 

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina said:

I’ve heard that God hates figs, for what it’s worth.

lkapigian

nolaegghead said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I’ve heard that God hates figs, for what it’s worth.

RoR

Botch

Just for my own info (I have no fig tree) what does it take from tree to dried (the only ones I'm familiar with)?  

Gulfcoastguy

Botch said:

Just for my own info (I have no fig tree) what does it take from tree to dried (the only ones I'm familiar with)?  

By weight it is roughly 6 to 1 from fresh to dried.

LetsEat

Adopt me?  You have a goldmine!  We love them sliced, wrap with thinly sliced imported prosciutto, squeeze of fresh lime juice and a grind of coarsely ground black pepper. Heaven. 

caliking

In a pinch, plan to make jam or marmalade. Better than anything you could buy in a store. 

There are other things, like poached figs, etc. which I only wish I had enough figs to think about making. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Holy $#!5, so I just washed and sliced thin as suggested.  Then used a "Rugged and mature English cheddar" and ritz crackers.  My mind has been blown.  Thank you all for the suggestions, I will be working my way down the list.  The Fig tree is huge and has about 200 more Figs already.

frazzdaddy

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Holy $#!5, so I just washed and sliced thin as suggested.  Then used a "Rugged and mature English cheddar" and ritz crackers.  My mind has been blown.  Thank you all for the suggestions, I will be working my way down the list.  The Fig tree is huge and has about 200 more Figs already.

We had a gigantic fig tree on the farm growing up . Grandma and dad made fig preserves every year. Yum.... try it with apple slices and brie

SciAggie

@Ozzie_Isaac “200 more figs” you are blessed my friend. Eat and enjoy. They don’t hold too well so eat ‘em up. As @caliking suggested jam is a good option. 

Wolfpack

Cut in half and serve with olive oil and prosciutto

Carhoch

I dehydrate a lot of mine and eat them all winter ,I make Chutney with figs , caramelised  onions and balsamic vinegar  or Preserves or you can even try to make homemade Fig Newtons 

bubbajack

Right off the tree or Bush, whatever you call it, crack one open and take a bite...

Ozzie_Isaac

I have cojita stuffed, bacon wrapped figs on the MBGE right now.  I do not have goat or blue cheese available, but always have cojita.  This fig experimenting is tasty.

Ozzie_Isaac

RRP

LOL - guess I’m lucky that only one dude slammed me for my dislike of figs, but he/she/it said I was a troll...gotta wonder what he/she/it really wanted to say! 

Ozzie_Isaac

RRP said:

LOL - guess I’m lucky that only one dude slammed me for my dislike of figs, but he/she/it said I was a troll...gotta wonder what he/she/it really wanted to say! 

Haha!  Flags fly fast lately.  I take it as a positive.  Someone had to read it to hate it 😉

frazzdaddy

Ozzie_Isaac said:

RRP said:

LOL - guess I’m lucky that only one dude slammed me for my dislike of figs, but he/she/it said I was a troll...gotta wonder what he/she/it really wanted to say! 

Haha!  Flags fly fast lately.  I take it as a positive.  Someone had to read it to hate it 😉

Ah yeupp, kinda like fishing.

buzd504

We get a ton of figs.

Best is fig pizza.  Olive oil, cheese, goat cheese proscuitto, and figs!  Top with dressed arugula after you bake it.

GregW

My family always made fig preserves. They also made fig/strawberry preserves. the combination is outstanding.

Ozzie_Isaac

After eating about 15 figs yesterday, I learned they must have a lot of fiber.

SciAggie

Now that’s funny. 

Gulfcoastguy

Ozzie_Isaac said:

After eating about 15 figs yesterday, I learned they must have a lot of fiber.

They also have a ton of sugar. Diabetics are supposed to have only 2(two) figs in a serving. Kind of took the shine off of our fig tree.