HONEY-AND-THYME-POACHED FIGS

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Categories     Dessert     Poach     Low Sodium     Fig     Fall     Honey     Thyme     Gourmet

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup Sauternes or other dessert wine
1/2 cup apple juice
1 tablespoon honey, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 pound dried Calimyrna figs, stemmed, halves,and each half cut into 5 thin strips
mascarpone, crème fraîche or sour cream as an accompaniment
1 tablespoon julienne strips of lemon zest

Steps:

  • In a saucepan bring the wine and the apple juice to a boil with the honey, the thyme, and the vanilla and simmer the mixture for 3 minutes. Add the figs and simmer the mixture, covered partially, for 5 minutes, or until the figs are very soft. Serve the figs warm with the syrup in stemmed glasses topped with the mascarpone and the zest.

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