Brandied Figs

Southerners love to brandy peaches, pears, strawberries, and Lord knows what other fruits, but never have I been so impressed as I was by the brandied figs that Louis Osteen serves on slices of corn cake with buttermilk ice cream at his restaurant on Pawleys Island, South Carolina. The most popular fig in the South is the pear-shaped Celeste (or “sugar fig”), with purple skin and pink flesh, but the more widely available Black Missions and Kadotas (available from June to September) work jus