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Fig leaves are my new favourite ingredient; they lend a beautiful floral, almost coconut-y flavour to baking, custards etc. Here are some recipes that put them to good use; a fig leaf and almond loaf cake and a baked ricotta wrapped in fig leaves. I have made both a few times (at the below lunch

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If, like me, you’re lucky enough to have a fig tree in your garden- you’ll know the frustration of seeing the fig tree come to life every summer- yet it is seldom warm enough in England to ripen the fruit. However, despair not- the leaves are equally as tasty and delicious! The flavour is almost … Fig Leaf and Vanilla Creme Brulee by Graham Hornigold Read More »

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Fig Leaf Coconut Rice
Fig Leaf Rice Recipe
How To Cook Fig Leaf Rice
Fig Leaf Rice

This coconut rice is special thanks to a tip Claudia Schwartz (the lovely, charming proprietress of San Francisco's Bell'occhio) gave me. Simmering the rice grains with a single fig leaf gives the rice a wonderful, unexpected flavor and fragrance. Serve topped with toasted pepitas, dried figs, scallions, and pan-fried tofu.

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This recipe was inspired by my first batch of smoked fig leaf sugar, a creation born of playful experimentation. That sugar ended up in all sorts of places: chocolate cakes and glazed roots, simple syrup, and macaroons. Yet it was this simple, coarse-crumbled cookie that best presented the seductive and subtle notes of incense, musk, and mint.

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an ice cream dish with figs and leaves on the side next to spoons

I tend to make the most of sweet figs when they are in season as they seem to disappear faster than the strawberries. One morning I wake up and there aren’t any boxes of sweet figs left and that’s when the best ideas come to me, which is so disheartening. So this year I decided...

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