Dried fig

Figue sèche

What it is

Figs were being dried in the Jordan valley eleven thousand years ago, and some archaeologists argue the fig was the first plant humans ever cultivated — earlier than wheat, because a cutting will root on its own.

In the kitchen

The white bloom on the surface is crystallised sugar, not mould. It is a sign of quality rather than a fault.

Goes with

Walnut Blue cheese Honey Fennel seed Almond Prosciutto di Parma Orange Red wine vinegar

Same species

Fig Fig leaf

Also used with

Cascara Sheng pu-erh Malmsey Madeira

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