Mediterranean recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has fig, butter, clear honey, brown sugar, cinnamon, orange juice, star anise, shortbread, ginger, ginger and mascarpone.
Spiced baked figs with ginger mascarpone
Course: Mediterranean
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
3 mins
Ingredients
- Fig: 8 figs, halved
- Butter: 2 tbsp butter
- Clear Honey: 2 tbsp clear honey
- Brown Sugar: 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Cinnamon: 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Orange Juice: 2 tbsp orange juice
- Star Anise: 2 star anise
- Shortbread: shortbread fingers, to serve
- Ginger: 1 ball stem ginger, very finely chopped
- Mascarpone: 1/2 a 250g tub mascarpone
Directions
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Lay the figs in an ovenproof roasting dish, dot over the butter and drizzle with honey. Sprinkle over the sugar and cinnamon, then pour over the orange juice and mix lightly. Nestle the star anise amongst the figs and roast for 15-20 minutes.
- When ready to serve, mix the ginger and syrup through the mascarpone. Place 4 fig halves, drizzled with syrup, on a plate with a dollop of mascarpone and some shortbread fingers.
