Thursday 20 August 2009
En attendant l’automne – Que faire avec les premières figues?
[Looking forward Autumn - What to make with the very first figs?]

There are some things that you never forget. A kiss. A delicious cake. A fresh wind. A secret place where a couple of fig trees grow.
Today, I decided to take a break from my vacances routine – read: sleep, eat, swim, take pictures, drink cranberry juice, sleep – and go for a walk with my shiny new film camera. On the way back home, I thought I could go and check on the figs trees.
Just in case.
And there they were. Plump little dark guys. Juicy and perfectly sweet. Now I have plenty of them and need your help.
What’s your favourite fig recipe? Please, please do tell me, and I might give you the absolute location of the abandoned backyard where the trees grow. Oh pretty please.
And in case you’re just like me, here is some figish inspiration from blogs I’m in love with:
- fig and sesame tarts with orange blossom whipped cream, on Sunday Suppers.
- figs and red currants slices, on fresh365
- ginger fig streusel tarts with lavender honey ice cream, on Tartelette.
- roasted figs frozen mousse, on Cannelle et Vanille.
Oh, just one last question. Are you also looking forward Autumn and its rainy days? I am. Positively.

See you soon my lovelies, with a delicious berry recipe, and hopefully a gorgeous fig something.


Thursday 20 August 2009
Both of those pictures are so beautiful!
Thank you Michael. xx
Thursday 20 August 2009
One of my favorites (other than just eating them fresh) is strawberry-fig preserves (fresh figs and strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and pectin… awesome on warm, buttered buttermilk biscuits). I’ve done a roasted fig gelato (pictured on the right at http://tinyurl.com/ne839q sitting next to a burnt milk gelato), it’s up near the top of my fig favorites as well.
Figs and strawberries, yum!
Thursday 20 August 2009
I just adore figs. I was just thinking about them the other day. But alas, winter is coming to an end for me. Heading into spring.
Spring is another favourite and much-anticipated season around my house too.
Friday 21 August 2009
Not sweet related but I love figs…the top cut off…cross cut into the fig but not through…a little blue cheese and italian ham inside, drizzle with a little Olive Oil and grilled on the BBQ. YUM
This sounds so good Sue. Thanks. xx
Friday 21 August 2009
Figs are so pretty! I’m planning a fig theme for my site once I start seeing them around the city. I’ve never used fresh figs before because they are hard to come by where I used to live, but I’m planning to devour oh so many when I can afford them, and perhaps some will find their way into recipes as well! I made some ricotta thumbprints with fig jam once, though, and they were some of the best cookies ever!
Lisa said something sweet:Friday 21 August 2009
I don’t have a recipe but I tried a gorgeous roasted fig and caramel gelato once that I have been meaning to try and make at home when figs are in season. Unfortunately, it will be a while for us in Australia! Enjoy your figs, they look perfect.
Dolce said something sweet:Friday 21 August 2009
I have a recipe from “220 recettes pour mon jules et mes copines” (Julie Andrieu), calling for a frangipane base and then quartered figs atop. I have not blogged it yet, but it’s easy and reaaaally good :)
Jennifer said something sweet:Friday 21 August 2009
Your top photograph of the figs is dreamy. I have simple tastes and like figs roasted with chunks of blue cheese and honey.
Enjoy your holiday.
Kerrin @ MyKugelhopf said something sweet:Friday 21 August 2009
i have been oohing and aahing at the big, plump figs at the market this week. might have to fill my basket next week and make another fig tarte tatin: http://mykugelhopf.ch/2008/10/fig-tarte-tatin/
june2 said something sweet:that is, if i don’t eat them all fresh, on my way home from the market…! ;)
Friday 21 August 2009
Figs are so delicately flavored that I prefer them with goat cheese instead of blue cheese. Pim had a beautiful fig tart on her blog. I quarter them without cutting all the way through, fill with soft goat cheese and top with vanilla goat yogurt. So good.
Tartelette said something sweet:Saturday 22 August 2009
It’s good to have you back! Enjoy the holidays and the beautiful countryside!
swan said something sweet:Saturday 22 August 2009
Jam. Definitely jam. But not just any figjam. NOOOOOOOO…..secretly ‘perfumed’ with earl grey tea. Believe me.:)
Ashley said something sweet:Sunday 23 August 2009
Figs just hit the shops here and I’ve been eyeing them up!
Kaitlin said something sweet:Can’t wait to see what you make with them!
Sunday 23 August 2009
I’ve never had a fig. Can’t wait to see what you do with them, though!!
Vanille said something sweet:Sunday 23 August 2009
Si vraiment toutes les suggestions ne te conviennent pas, alors envoie-les moi ! J’adore les figues !!
Veron said something sweet:Monday 24 August 2009
We are absolutely crazy about figs in our house. I am so ready for autumn!
Anita said something sweet:Monday 24 August 2009
Hi Fanny. I’m enjoying your blog, and as you start your fig season, we’re ending it.. and I have a few fig recipes on my blog to share. Your fig picture looks delicious :)
cathy x. said something sweet:Tuesday 25 August 2009
figs are delicious preserved in sugar syrup. i love eating them with seared duck livers with a little onion soubise on the side and the figs cooked in a port or madeira jus :P*
Amanda said something sweet:Tuesday 25 August 2009
cherie!!!
deena said something sweet:ce n’est pas sucrée, en faite, sucrée/ salé. Fait le figue farcit au foie gras poelé, un ptt peu de sucre muscavado, huile d’olive, balsamique e sel. Cuit au four… un rêve!!!!!!!
tu me manques mon bebe
je t’aime
Tuesday 25 August 2009
I’ve made a beautiful fig frangipane tart, with the figs scored and opened like flowers in the almond custard. we’re still a week or so away from neighborhood figs here in Oregon — I’ll make this and post it on my blog as soon as the figs are ready!
joey said something sweet:Thursday 27 August 2009
How I wish fresh figs grew over here!
cooling said something sweet:Monday 7 September 2009
May I suggest Fig ice-cream? Almond and Fig tartelettes? Roasted figs with honey?
Eileen @ Passions to Pastry said something sweet:Your blog makes me drool! I love it.
Thursday 10 September 2009
I just posted a recipe for grilled figs. Wonderful appetizer!