20 Luscious Fig Recipes to Enjoy This Rich and Delicious Fruit

Fresh Fig and Honey Tart — Anita Schecter

Fresh figs in season are one of life's great pleasures. Enjoy them when you can find them, with these fabulous fig recipes that make the most of this rich, sweet, luscious-tasting fruit. We've got ideas for adding figs to every course, from a sophisticated breakfast smoothie, to sweet and savory salads, sauces, party appetizers, preserves, and of course, rich desserts.

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Fresh Fig Tart

Anita Schecter

Create an Instagrammable dessert for parties, potlucks, and special dinners with this sophisticated, French bakery-style fig and honey tart with a sweet and lemony cheesecake filling. Serve with additional honey for guests to drizzle over top.
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Yogurt Panna Cotta With Figs and Honey

Anita Schecter

Summer dinner parties call for light-tasting desserts that still deliver all the sweetness and richness guests crave after a meal. This lighter panna cotta recipe with goat cheese, Greek yogurt, honey, and fresh figs is easy to prepare, and is sure to impress your foodie friends.
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Homemade Fresh Fig Jam

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Homemade fresh fig jam for spreading on crostini, adding to cheese boards, and folding into sauces and dressings is as easy as this simple, three-ingredient recipe. Cook up a large batch in just over an hour for immediate use or store to have on hand to dress up a variety of dishes.
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Blue Cheese-Stuffed Figs

Molly Watson

Blue cheese-stuffed figs make an elegant addition to any appetizer party, and are a popular New Year's Eve nibble. They are easily prepared with ripe fresh figs, your favorite soft and creamy blue cheese, and a little salt and pepper to taste.

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Fig Blue Cheese Spinach Salad With Warm Bacon Dressing

Diana Rattray

Fresh figs and blue cheese mingle with toasted pecans, tangy red onion, and soft spinach leaves in this elegant dinner salad that features an out-of-this-world warm bacon dressing. Serve it when you want to impress family and friends.
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Spiced Fig Cobbler with Cheddar Cheese Pastry

Elizabeth LaBau

Sharp cheddar cheese is a fabulous match for the naturally sweet, rich flavor of baked figs. Homemade cheddar pastry and a sweet, lightly-spiced fresh fig filling create a uniquely delicious flavor in this all-American cobbler dessert recipe.
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Bacon and Fig Cheese Ball

Leah Maroney

Shake up your next shindig with this retro-inspired cheese ball recipe that is sure to please all the cool cats and kittens. Fig jam, crispy crumbled bacon, scallions, cheddar, and cream cheese combine to form a spread that's great for all of your celebratory gatherings, from holiday brunches to housewarmings to bridal showers.
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Honey-Fried Figs

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Create a stunning topping for vanilla ice cream with this simple, sophisticated, saucy recipe for figs sauteed in a rich, buttery honey sauce. Add a couple of tablespoons of sweet, fortified wine, such as port or Madeira, if you like, for a boozy taste that can't be beat.

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Fig Crostini

Molly Watson

Be the host or hostess with the mostest when your party includes a platter of delectable fig crostini appetizers. They are as pretty as they are delicious, and so simply prepared on toasted baguette slices, with a bit of balsamic vinegar and simple seasonings. Add goat cheese crumbles, if you like, for extra richness.
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Fig and Kale Salad

Emily Hawkes

Figs add their rich, full, sweet flavor to a fresh-tasting chopped kale salad with creamy avocado, carrot, zucchini, and tender leafy greens, that makes a gorgeous addition to a summertime potluck or dinner party plate.
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Fig Drop Cookies

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Fig Newton lovers are sure to flip for these sweety, moist, buttery, figgy homemade cookies. Bake up a couple dozen in just 30 minutes for enjoying with your afternoon coffee, adding to kids' lunchboxes, or snacking on during family movie nights.
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Labneh-Stuffed Figs

Anita Schecter

Labneh is a soft, creamy, mild Middle Eastern cheese that makes a lovely counterpoint to warm, rich-tasting baked fresh figs. The cheese-stuffed figs are drizzled with honey, and sprinkled with pistachios, for a lovely presentation.

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Moist Fig Preserves Cake With Caramel Glaze

Diana Rattray

Dense, rich, moist fig cake makes a wonderful treat for your book club, or enjoying solo with a cup of tea. It is made with fig preserves, and topped with a to-die-for caramel glaze that you will want to re-purpose for other dessert recipes, or pour over ice cream.
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Fig and Honey Smoothie

Anita Schecter

Up your smoothie game with this luscious-tasting recipe made with fresh figs, banana, Greek yogurt, and honey. Enjoy it in place of dessert on healthy-eating days, or as a delicious breakfast treat to start your day.
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Spiced Pickled Figs With Ginger and Cardamom

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Spiced, sweet, and sour pickled figs with ginger and cardamom make a tasty sauce to serve alongside your holiday turkey or roast pork, or for adding as a relish to cheese boards. This recipe includes canning tips, so you can store the sauce until you're ready to enjoy it.
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Sweet and Savory Apple, Blue Cheese, and Fig Salad

Leah Maroney

Sweet and tangy fig-balsamic dressing turns this simple combination of pine nuts, apples, and blue cheese into something truly special that you can be proud to serve to invited guests. This salad makes a great holiday starter or dinner party salad.

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Bacon-Wrapped Figs

Molly Watson

Salty, crunchy bacon and sweet, yielding figs are an ingredient match made in heaven. Here, they add up to one fabulous appetizer that is sure to disappear quickly from party platters, with only two ingredients to worry about.
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Figgy Pudding

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Figgy pudding is not just a catchy lyric in a popular Christmas carol, it's also a moist, rich, delicious, spiced, souffle-like dessert made with plenty of dried figs and all of your favorite holiday baking ingredients.
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Figs in Spiced Syrup

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Cooking fresh figs in a spiced, sweetened syrup is a great way to extend the life of this fast-ripening fruit. Cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves combine to flavor the sugared syrup, making it a delicious option for topping ice cream, yogurt bowls, or even roasted game meats such as lamb and venison.
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Fig Coulis

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Fig coulis is a sophisticated sauce made with fresh figs that is blended and then strained. You can serve it raw as a tasty dip for crackers and breadsticks, use it as a spread on your morning toast slices, or gently heat it to make a flavorful, fruity topping for roasted pork, chicken, or turkey.