Ghillie Basan

Dried Fig Jam

Kuru incir reçeli

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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top 1000Classic Turkish Cooking
Classic Turkish Cooking

By Ghillie Basan

Published 1995

  • About

This is a popular winter jam from Bursa.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb/450 g dried figs, chopped roughly
  • 1 lb/450

Method

  • Put the sugar and water in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, stir in the figs and lemon juice, and simmer until the figs are tender and the syrup thickens. Stir in the pine nuts and continue to simmer for 5 minutes. Let it cool in the pan, then spoon into scalded jars.