Dried figs are stuffed with a variety of sweet fillings. Great for an appetizer or dessert tray at parties.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Stuffing Options:
- Half of mint or wintergreen cream patties
- Half of chocolate covered mint patties
- Salted nuts
- Toasted walnut meats
- Marshmallow, slit, with piece of chocolate tucked into it
- Wedge of candied ginger
- Ground nuts mixed with honey
- Fondant
- Ground or chopped salted peanuts mixed with peanut butter
- Blanched almonds, dried slowly in oven
- Candied cherry
- Chunk of candied pineapple
Preparation:
With your hands, pull California dried figs gently into their original shape, smoothing out wrinkles and perking up stems. With a sharp, small knife, slit the smoothest side of the figs. Stuff them plump and full with any of the above-listed goodies.
Arrange these good-to-eat and good-to-look-at figs on pretty tray. Place candle into a stem-clipped fig, which will serve happily as candle stick. Conversation piece -- and piéce de resistance!
Recipe Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs by The California Fig Advisory Board
Reprinted with permission.
Arrange these good-to-eat and good-to-look-at figs on pretty tray. Place candle into a stem-clipped fig, which will serve happily as candle stick. Conversation piece -- and piéce de resistance!
Recipe Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs by The California Fig Advisory Board
Reprinted with permission.
