Roasted figs with hazelnuts

Name: Roasted figs with hazelnuts
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: orange 1, zested and juiced; pink prosecco 1 glass; cinnamon stick 1; honey 20g (Francesco uses hazelnut but a flower honey would do); purple figs 8; hazelnuts 10, crushed; icing sugar to dust; vanilla ice cream to serve; thyme a few leaves; vanilla pod 1, split in 4 lengthways

1 hour
serves 4
Easy

Treat your guests to this dessert of figs drizzed in a honey and Prosecco syrup, topped with crunchy hazelnuts and served with cooling vanilla ice cream.

December 19, 2014 at 2:31 pm

Ingredients

orange 1, zested and juiced
pink prosecco 1 glass
cinnamon stick 1
honey 20g (Francesco uses hazelnut but a flower honey would do)
purple figs 8
hazelnuts 10, crushed
icing sugar to dust
vanilla ice cream to serve
thyme a few leaves
vanilla pod 1, split in 4 lengthways

Method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the zest and juice, prosecco, cinnamon stick and honey in a pan and simmer. Cool.
Step 2

Halve the figs and put them cut-side up in a baking tray. Top each fig with some of the mixture. Roast for 25 minutes and leave to rest for a further 25 minutes.
Step 3

Add the hazelnuts, sprinkle with icing sugar and put under a very hot grill until bubbling and toasted. Serve hot with a scoop of ice cream, a sprinkle of thyme and a piece of vanilla pod.