Fig Vinaigrette Recipes

Steps:

• Put shallot in a small bowl. Cover with vinegars and season with salt and pepper. Macerate for 5 minutes.
• Stir in mustard and mashed figs and mix well. Whisk in olive oil.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine figs, vinegar, and 1/4 cup water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until it reaches the consistency of a fruit preserve, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in orange juice and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Bring figs, vinegar, and sugar to a simmer in a large saucepan. Cook, stirring occasionally over low heat, for 10 minutes. Cover, and let cool completely.
• Working in batches, puree mixture in a food processor until smooth.
• Strain through a fine sieve into a large nonreactive bowl.
• Line sieve with cheesecloth or coffee filter, and place over another large nonreactive bowl. Pour strained mixture into sieve. (Do not press solids in sieve.) Cover with plastic wrap, and let mixture strain in refrigerator overnight (or up to 2 days).
• Uncover, and remove sieve from bowl. Discard solids. Pour vinegar into a resealable nonreactive bottle or jar.
• (Vinegar can be refrigerated for up to 1 month.).

Steps:

• Combine the 1/2 cup of chopped figs with 1 cup of water and the shallots in a saucepan over hight heat and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half, about 7 minutes.
• Transfer to a blender, add the apple juice and puree until smooth.
• Pour into a mixing bowl and whisk in the thyme, mustard seeds, vinegar, olive oil and the 3 TBS of diced figs.
• Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• If the dressing seems too thick, you can thin it with additional juice.
• Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Steps:

• mix and pour on top of top favorite greens.

Steps:

• Simmer Figs in water until very soft.
• Puree with hand held wand.
• Keep on low heat, and continue until it reaches a thick consistency.
• Sweat shallots over medium low heat in olive oil, and cook until tender (about 15 minutes).
• Add sugar and cook another 5 minutes.
• Add to fig mix and puree again.
• Add vinegar.
• Bottle and refrigerate.

Steps:

• Cook the reserved poaching liquid in a small saucepan over medium heat until reduced to the consistency of syrup (about 2 tablespoons). Let cool completely.
• Whisk the reduced liquid, vinegars, and shallot in a small bowl. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Slowly whisk in the oil until emulsified. Season with more salt and pepper, if desired. Toss the greens with vinaigrette to taste. Serve immediately with figs and wedges of cheese.
• Oven-Poached Figs
• Preheat the oven to 325°F. Put the figs in an 8-inch-square ceramic or glass baking dish. Pour the port, wine, honey, and orange juice over the figs. Submerge the remaining ingredients in the liquid around the figs. Cover the dish with foil, and bake 1 hour.
• Remove the foil; continue to bake 45 minutes more, basting 2 or 3 times with the accumulated juices. Let cool completely, turning the figs occasionally to keep them moist.
• Transfer the figs to a plate. Pour the liquid through a fine sieve into a bowl; reserve for the fig vinaigrette (recipe above). Discard the solids. The figs can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 3 days.

Steps:

• Warm orange juice in a small saucepan. Add vinegar and sugar, and cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves. (Do not boil.) Whisk in oil and then butter until dressing emulsifies.
• Wash fresh figs, and remove stems. Slice figs, and arrange in decorative pattern on a plate. Pour warm dressing on top; serve.