Honey-Baked Figs with Yogurt

Name: Honey-Baked Figs with Yogurt
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Dessert Parlour
Ingredients: 8 ripe fresh figs; 3 tbsp Honey; 2 tbsp orange juice; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 1 Star anise (optional); 15 g Butter (optional); 250 g thick Greek yogurt (or clotted cream); 2 tbsp Pistachios, roughly chopped

Ripe figs roasted until jammy in honey, orange and cinnamon, served warm over thick yogurt with crunchy pistachios.

Dessert Parlour · Desserts · prep 5 min · cook 15 min · serves 4 · Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Pescatarian

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Ingredients

8 ripe fresh figs
3 tbsp Honey
2 tbsp orange juice
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 Star anise (optional)
15 g Butter (optional)
250 g thick Greek yogurt (or clotted cream)
2 tbsp Pistachios, roughly chopped

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan, 400°F). Trim the stalks and cut a deep cross in the top of each fig, stopping about 1 cm from the bottom, then squeeze the base gently so they open like flowers.
Stand them snugly in a small baking dish. Whisk the honey, orange juice and cinnamon together and spoon it over and into the figs. Tuck in the star anise and dot with butter if using.
Roast for 12–15 min, until the figs are soft and slumped and the juices are bubbling and syrupy.
Spoon the yogurt into bowls, sit two warm figs on each and pour over the pan juices. Scatter with pistachios.

Tips

Under-ripe figs stay dry, so choose soft ones that bend slightly at the neck.
Leave out the butter to keep it light; Turkish cooks often serve these with kaymak or clotted cream instead of yogurt.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

BBC Good Food Ozlem's Turkish Table BBC Good Food

Open Honey-Baked Figs with Yogurt in Nouns Cooking