Figs in Red Wine with Walnut Cream

Name: Figs in Red Wine with Walnut Cream
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 16 whole dried figs; 2 bottles (750 ml) red wine, fruity Zinfandel type; 1 cup walnut pieces; 1 recipe custard; ½ cup sugar; ¼ cup wild thyme honey or other good honey; 2 bottles (750 ml) red wine, fruity Zinfandel type; 3 to 4 sprigs fresh thyme; ¼ cup wild thyme honey or other good honey; ½ cup heavy cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Jeremiah Tower's New American Classics

By Jeremiah Tower

Published 1986

About

A coffee cream or a Chartreuse cream would also go very well with this dessert, whose flavors of Provence make it one of my favorites. Prepared in advance, the figs will hold very well for a few days.

Ingredients

1 cup walnut pieces
1 recipe custard
16 whole dried figs

Americas
United States
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the oven to 350°F.

Toast the walnuts on a cookie sheet for 10 minutes. Remove and let cool. Process or chop them fine and combine with the custard. Let stand at least 3 hours.

Put the figs and red wine in a bowl and soak 1 hour. Transfer to a non-aluminum pot and add the thyme, sugar, and honey. Simmer over medium-low heat until the figs are tender, about 1 hour. Strain, re