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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Figs Baked in Wine Collioure

Ingredients:

16 well-ripened figs
100 g sugar
3 oz butter
500 ml red Collioure wine
2 cinnamon sticks
2 vanilla pods
1 thinly sliced orange
1 thinly sliced lemon
1 1/2 tbsp blackcurrant liqueur

Preparing:

Boil the wine in a saucepan.
Add the blackcurrant liqueur, the cinnamon sticks, the vanilla pods and the sliced orange and lemon.
Set aside to infuse for 5 hours.
Stain through a sieve and put to one side.

Cut the figs into quarters but leave them attached at the base.
Heat the butter and the sugar.
Add figs and cook over a low heat.
Add the wine infusion and continue to cook until the liquid has a syrup consistency.

Place the figs in separate dishes and drizzle with the syrup.

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