Slow-Roasted Fig Preserves with Lemon

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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    4

    half-pint jars
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff

By Liana Krissoff

Published 2010

  • About

My worldly friend Regan Huff told me about slow-roasting figs at her family’s house in france, and I had to try it as a preserve. The figs roast very, very slowly, which gives them time to gradually absorb the sugar before they start to caramelize.

Regan also remembered that those roasted figs were served with ricotta. Spoon a bit of cold, creamy Fresh Cheese and warmed preserves onto a