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The other day I was contacted by the California Fig Advisory Board, wanting to know if I’d like to try some California figs. This is the year I discovered how incredibly delicious figs are, to the point of pouncing in the figs at the market each week, no matter whether I knew what to do with them. So, of course I was very excited about getting to try some California figs, hoping I would get a couple different varieties.
I was completely shocked when I received two giant boxes filled with figs! I unpacked more and more and more figs. All told I received 3 dozen each of 5 varieties of fresh figs, plus two 4-pound bags of dried figs! I freaked out for a moment wondering just what to do with so many and then thanked my lucky stars we have an extra fridge in the garage.
Here in Texas we can grow figs (many people have their own trees) but I had never heard of four of the varieties I was sent. In the grocery stores I’ve only seen Black Mission figs, and at the farmers’ market I’ve only come across Brown Turkey and Strawberry figs, even though there are over 100 different varieties of fig. The California figs are also larger than most I’ve seen here – I’m guessing our intense summers have something to do with that.
Since I’ve started growing my own food I’ve been amazed to learn all the little tidbits about produce, and I was surprised to learn that figs are actually flowers inverted into themselves. Despite them not actually being a fruit, figs are packed full of nutrients. They have tons of fiber and are a good source of potassium, which is great news for people like me who have odd reactions to bananas!
From left to right, the figs are Sierra, Brown Turkey, Calimyrna, Black Mission, and Kadota. I took some in to work and my friends and I tasted each one, trying to determine the difference between them all. All four of us decided that the Calimyrna was the best of them all, and I’m very pleased that one of the bags of dried figs is indeed of Calimyrna.
Since I have so many figs I of course have been experimenting, and my first thought as I was falling asleep the other night was to make a pizza.
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Fig Pizza with Acorn Squash and Goat Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 small acorn squash
- 2-3 figs, diced
- 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese, I used an herbed variety
- pizza dough
- Olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400ยฐF. Halve acorn squash, de-seed, and slice into crescents. Rub each slice with olive oil and set on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake until easily pierced with a fork, about 20 minutes. Let cool, then diced into 1-inch chunks.
- Turn oven up to 475ยฐF.
- Roll out pizza dough. Drizzle olive oil across dough, then scatter squash, figs, and goat cheese on top. Cook for about 12 minutes, until dough is browned and cheese has softened.
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Disclaimer: The California Fig Advisory Board provided me with fresh and dried figs. I was under no obligation to write about figs or hold a giveaway.
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Ohhh I LOVE figs! I would definitely make fig jam and I’d love to try out a fig pizza too! I really also just love eating them fresh and dried. *swoon* ๐
Officially a fan on FB ๐
Retweeted this post too ๐
I WOULD EAT THEM ALL.
No, just kidding.
I would eat an obscene amount of them, though, and make a pizza, drizzle some honey, you know…and make fig jam with the rest. I brought home an enormous amount of figs for fig jam and then ended up burning the jam. Rage!!
I tweeted!
I would eat a lot and experiment with some new fig recipes. And, I’d give away some to my friends! Share the love of food! ๐
I know “like” California Figs on Facebook!
now too…not know! OOPS…I am normally a grammar police, how embarrassing!
I would love to win and would have no problem finding something to do with them all. Right off the top of my head I would make a jam with some of the figs if I won.
I am a facebook fan!
I am following you on twitter and tweeted your post
http://twitter.com/flouronmyface2/statuses/22141704635
I’ve never tried to make anything with figs myself! I would probably look up a bunch of recipes to try out, including some of your own! YUM.
Also, I am a fan of yours on Facebook!
Also, also, I tweeted! ๐
Besides fresh figs with cheese and crusty bread, I’d try the pizza recipe and a chicken with figs and lemon recipe I love, I’d share with friends, and maybe even try making jam!
I like you on Facebook
(as the name in my email address)
I’ll use my grandmother’s recipe for fig preserves (if we don’t eat them all fresh or roasted or caramelized!)
Oh, I want to make some more habanero fig jam with the figs. And other jams. And pretty much everything else. We love figs.
I also just Tweeted about the fig giveaway!
I would have a FIGATHON – invite my foodie friends and challenge them to arrive with everything they need to create their faved fig creation. While drinking an amazing fig paired wine, we would go crazy concocting our dishes and end with a tasting and vote for Best of Show.
Piper
I just started following you on twitter. (I was surprised that i didn’t already.) I love figs. i make samosas out of carrots and figs. delish.