Recipe

November 4, 2013

Caramelized Figs With Mascarpone & Honey

Recipe:

Step 1: Position the broiler rack 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the broiler. Line a large heavy rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Step 2: In a small bowl, mix the sugar, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves together. One at a time, dip the figs, cut side down, in the sugar mixture to coat. Then coat the figs a second time with the sugar mixture and arrange cut side up on the baking sheet. Broil the figs, watching closely, for about 4 minutes, or until the sugar melts and begins to caramelize and the figs soften slightly and begin to ooze their juice.

Step 3: Carefully transfer 4 figs to each dessert plate. Spoon a dollop of mascarpone cheese on top of each fig half. Sprinkle with the walnuts and drizzle with the honey. Serve warm.

See more recipes from Curtis Stone.

Reprinted with permission from What’s for Dinner? (2013 Appetite for Random House Canada)

Ingredients

3 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
Pinch of ground cloves
8 ripe figs, halved lengthwise
3/4 cup mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup walnut halves and pieces, toasted
1 tbsp honey

Directions

Yield:

Step 1: Position the broiler rack 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the broiler. Line a large heavy rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Step 2: In a small bowl, mix the sugar, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves together. One at a time, dip the figs, cut side down, in the sugar mixture to coat. Then coat the figs a second time with the sugar mixture and arrange cut side up on the baking sheet. Broil the figs, watching closely, for about 4 minutes, or until the sugar melts and begins to caramelize and the figs soften slightly and begin to ooze their juice.

Step 3: Carefully transfer 4 figs to each dessert plate. Spoon a dollop of mascarpone cheese on top of each fig half. Sprinkle with the walnuts and drizzle with the honey. Serve warm.

See more recipes from Curtis Stone.

Reprinted with permission from What’s for Dinner? (2013 Appetite for Random House Canada)

Photographer:

Quentin Bacon.