Fig Tart with Citrus Cream and Port Wine Reduction

This dessert is one of many that illustrate how easy it can be to transform a slice of cake, a tartlet, or an individual pastry into a plated dessert with an elegant presentation. In this case, the dessert utilizes fresh summer figs. Because several varieties are generally available whenever figs are fresh and plentiful in the marketplace, you may want to use a combination of Black Mission and Dakota figs—which are also simply known as green figs, a reference to the color of their skin, not