Dried Fig, Pine Nut and Whisky Conserve

Name: Dried Fig, Pine Nut and Whisky Conserve
Ingredients: 450 g/1 lb granulated sugar; juice of 1 lemon; 300 ml/½ pint water; 300 ml/½ pint whisky of your choice, plus an extra dram; 700 g/1 lb 9 oz dried ready-to-eat figs, coarsely chopped; 3–4 tablespoons pine nuts

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spirit & Spice

By Ghillie Basan

Published 2019

About

This gets devoured in our house when we have friends to stay. Either Yazzie or Zeki will make a batch of pancakes for breakfast and spoon this conserve over them, or they will ladle it into bowls of steaming porridge with a swirl of cream. A wee dram alongside is rather good too!

Ingredients

300 ml/½ pint water
300 ml/½

Preserve
Condiment
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Heat the water and whisky with the sugar in a heavy-based pan. Bring the liquid to the boil, stirring all the time, until the sugar has dissolved. Reduce the heat and simmer for five to ten minutes, until the syrup begins to thicken.

Stir in the lemon juice and the figs. Bring the liquid to the boil once more, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, until the figs are tender. Ad