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
- Butter: 2 tbsp butter
- Brown Sugar: 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Cinnamon: 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Ginger: 1 ball stem ginger, very finely chopped
- Clear Honey: 2 tbsp clear honey
- Fig: 8 figs, halved
- Orange Juice: 2 tbsp orange juice
- Mascarpone: 1/2 a 250g tub mascarpone
- Star Anise: 2 star anise
- Shortbread: shortbread fingers, to serve
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.
