All good things come to an end. And so did our awesome trip 🙁
We flew back yesterday afternoon and thankfully made it home safely after a very bumpy landing... and a tornado warning a couple of hours after our arrival.
Our last week in Barcelona was super hectic to say the least! Party after party after party, leading to the main reason for our trip, our cousin's wedding. We enjoyed the most amazing food and had such a great time.
So all that excitement kept us from posting the last recipe we wanted to share before leaving Spain: Spiced caramelized figs, inspired by the beautiful figs in my dad's garden and one of our mom's favorite recipes.
Hope you enjoy it!
Spiced Caramelized Figs
- Total Time: 2 hours
Ingredients
- 2 pints figs
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 2 tbsp whole cloves*
Instructions
- Arrange figs in a large pan
- Add sugar
- Cook at high heat until the figs start to release their juices
- Add lemon juice (make sure not to skip this step, lemon juice keeps the sugar from crystallizing)
- Crush the cloves and add them to the figs (you can use a spice grinder or a mortar and pestle)
- Cook for and hour and a half to two hours. Let it sit for an hour
- ENJOY! From May I have that recipe
Notes
*Note: This amount gives this recipe a very intense clove flavor. Use half the amount for a milder taste
- Cook Time: 2 hours
Our Kitchen Inventions
That looks so good! We have been eating figs like crazy people around here, since the Grocery has them "buy one, get one" free in the large packages...yummy good! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
mayihavethatrecipe
So glad you like it!! Our mom has been making these since we were kids. Such a unique flavor!
Jenny @ BAKE
these look stunning! I love figs
mayihavethatrecipe
Thanks!! We do too... especially fresh from the garden 🙂
Ruth
This recipe is great! I did use 25% less sugar, added extra mixed spice and only cooked it on low heat but wowzers it turned out incredibly! Served with ricotta, this is an epic dessert.
Vicky and Ruth
Thank you so much Ruth,it’s great to know that they can be made with less sugar!