Recipe / Lyn’s delicious figs

Lyn de Reggie / Passata! O heavens’ tomato! February 2008

Ingredients
12 whole fresh figs (750g)
100g blanched whole almonds (If you wish, so you can add an almond in the middle of each fig before cooking)
125g sugar
115g honey
2Tbs lemon juice
1 cinnamon stick

Method
Dissolve sugar with 3 cups water, add honey, zest, lemon juice and cinnamon stick.

Add figs and gently poach covered for 30 minutes.

Remove figs and reduce sauce then spoon over the figs.

Serve with Greek style yogurt or icecream.