Can you eat Figs raw? Do you know any good recipes for figs?

Today I bought some fresh figs at the grocery store because I love dried figs. I was wondering if they taste good to eat as a fresh fruit, and how I would go about that. Also, I am looking for a good recipe that's easy to make using figs. I saw a quick clip on the today show the other morning, but haven't been able to find it since.Can you eat Figs raw? Do you know any good recipes for figs?
Figs and Toasted Almond Brie:


INGREDIENTS:


1/2 cup brown sugar


2 tablespoons water


6 fresh figs, stemmed and quartered


1 (14 ounce) round 4 1/4-inch diameter round Brie cheese


1/2 cup toasted almonds


1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract





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DIRECTIONS:


Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 C).


Heat brown sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved. Add figs and vanilla, and cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in almonds and vanilla. Place brie wheel in a baking dish, and pour fig mixture over the top.


Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until softened but not melted. Serve with water crackers.





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Figs with Goat Cheese, Pecans and Bacon:


INGREDIENTS:


6 figs, halved


6 ounces goat cheese


1/2 cup toasted, chopped pecans


3 slices bacon, cut in half





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DIRECTIONS:


Preheat the broiler.


Stuff fig halves with goat cheese. Press pecans into the cheese. Wrap each stuffed fig half with half a slice of bacon, securing with toothpicks.


Arrange on a medium baking sheet. Broil 5 minutes, or until bacon is evenly brown and crisp and goat cheese is bubbly and lightly browned.Can you eat Figs raw? Do you know any good recipes for figs?
Of course you can eat figs raw. Try them with proscuitto


or warm stuffed with a little blue cheese then drizzle them with


honey. you can also make fig tart. I put the in stuffing


at thanksgiving
yes you can eat figs in the raw





recipe:





cut fig open and stick half of a walnut, a peice of chocolate and some raspberry jam inside, close back up and bake in oven until soft/moist





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I remember Alton Brown did a show on figs for the food network. You can get on their website and do a search for figs and see what comes up
Skin them and take off the stems, i love figs too.
Yep, can eat them raw/fresh. I just cook mine down w/ brown sugar, a little white sugar, cinnamon %26amp; nutmeg. cook on low heat, stirring.





Simple %26amp; delicious!
Sure you can! They are delicious. Just make sure you wash them well first and take the stems off if they are too woody. I like both the green and purple figs. I absolutely love fresh figs with goat cheese and mint drizzled with balsamic vinegar. My grandmother used to make fresh fig cake and fresh fig cookies. They are labor intensive, but damned good :) I still make the cake for special ocassions. The cookies not very often. If you do a search for either one on the internet you will come up with a bunch of recipes.