My fig tree is producing for the first time.
I've already come up with
a lovely, velvety, warm fig sauce for pork.
Today I'm making fig appetizers.
My ingredients:
figs
bleu cheese
prosciutto
honey
fresh rosemary
Slice the figs in half.
Top each half with a little bleu cheese.
Wrap in prosciutto.
Drizzle a little honey over each fig.
Top with fresh rosemary.
Run under the broiler at 400 degrees
12 comments:
Sounds interesting. My fig tree is three years old this summer and still no figs. What to do?
Nags Head
I blamed it on heat/dry last year but with all the rain this year I'm clueless. Even put a couple of bluefish in the ground, there.
Bill did these on the grill for me once. They were heavenly!
Oh, those look GOOD. I've never really eaten a fig other than in Newton form (shame), but they LOOK tasty.
Woodduck, last year Mr. Hawthorne and I went to Island Farm in Manteo. If you haven't done so yet, you should. Anyhoos, I noticed their fig trees. They all had oyster shells around the circumference of the tree. So I went home and did the same. Go figger.
Oh Woodduck, that's the best use for bluefish I've ever heard. Hee!
Lea, I loved all the sweet and savory going on here. Just a very nice fusion of flavors. Once again, I achieved synergy.
Kathy, I do believe these would be divine on the grill.
Woodduck, according to older folks in this area, fig bushes won't produce unless planted against the south facing side of a building. I work in a historical restoration where there are many 18th and 19th century buildings, and a good number of them have huge fig bushes on their south sides.
Fig trees are funny creatures - we live up north oof you in the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, not far from the West Virginia border, and I currently have 26 fig trees. I sure agree that planting near to a southerly-facing wall of a house or other building is a great location to get lots of fresh, ripe figs, but a bit of miracle grow fertilizer never hurt any, either. Give them time and throw logs or dirt around their roots to try to prevent freeze-thaw-freeze-thaw cycles during the cold weather. A long, deep freeze is not as bad as a continuing freeze-thaw-freeze-thaw cycle - that will prevent good things from fig trees.
Thanks for the info, Rob.
Thanks, both! I'll have a new spot for our oyster shells!
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