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Confiture Philosophale
Philosopher’s Jam
Preparation info
- Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 1987
Should you find yourself with one perfect but solitary fresh fig here is an excellent recipe for it. An instant jam of garnet hue with, perhaps, a flavour from the past.
Ingredients
For One Person
10 1 1 tablespoon
Method
If the almonds have bitter skins blanch them by covering with cold water in a small pan. Bring to the boil, pour off the hot water and replace with cold. Peel away the brown skins and discard.
Pound the nuts in a mortar until finely crushed, and then work in the quartered fig and the honey. Or simply chop the almonds in a processor or blender. Add the fig and honey and process to a puré