I can resist anything except temptation or baked figs.

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FigsI don’t believe that Oscar Wilde was talking about baked figs when he quipped that famous quote. If he had, he would have said “I can resist anything except baked figs and, oh yeah, temptation.” A chance discovery of a tray of figs for €6.95 got this recipe underway. Those of you who had a look at my baked peaches in a previous post might be forgiven for saying this is a very similar post. I don’t care.

They were peaches. These are figs. Not even Oscar Wilde would have been tempted to care either way.

For this tempting taste sensation, you will need:

  • A tray of figs (There were 22 in the original tray. Two “went missing”).
  • Some honey
  • Some butter
  • Some walnuts
  • Some steely resolve to not eat them until they come out of the oven.
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The gratuitous fig shot. I was blessed with an overcast sky for the photo. We are blessed with overcast skies most days that it is not raining in Ireland.

The excellent ice cream was home-made by my eldest daughter. She posted it over at her Decidedly Delicious blog. Get over there and check it out. I will get the benefit and will rub her face in it (in a respectful, father to daughter way, of course).

Cut the figs as shown in the photo and add the dollop of butter to each followed by a dollop of honey.

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Unbaked figs don’t get much better looking than this. 20 made it to the oven.

Next add a walnut to each and pop them in the oven.

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This really is just an excuse to show a photo of the glorious figs.  Another gratuitous fig shot, I suppose.

Leave them in there for 15 minutes at 180 degrees C. Serve them with the excellent ice cream.

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Baked figs and Lucy’s delicious ice cream. Lovely stuff indeed.

I am luckier than Oscar Wilde in that I have children (let’s not go there). The eldest makes delicious ice cream. I bake the figs. Temptation might be resisted by some of you. But not this combination. To quote Wilde one more time “The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”

49 thoughts on “I can resist anything except temptation or baked figs.”

  2. Its all in the presentation. I imagine your kitchen looks like something out of Grand Designs – with all that light giving you a head start in the photo stakes. Mine are always too dark or too bright and thats with a £500 camera. Still I make up for it with ludicrous amounts of chocolate.

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  13. Beautiful, insanely jealous now, not only of the beautiful peaches but the figs too. I figure clouds and fogs are mother natures way of filtering the scenery from time to time, how would we appreciate those bright blue sunny days, if not for the occasional overcast shadows.

    Fear not its gloomy, overcast and stormy in sometimes sunny Sydney too.

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  19. Hey Conor – these look great. My sister treated me to some baked figs recently and put a dollop of mascarpone instead of icecream on them to serve (delicious). On that note, plums baked (just like you’ve done with the peaches) but with mascarpone cooked with them (in dollops on top) is fab! Goes all crispy on top…. yum…

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  20. I think maybe we don’t get ripe enough figs in our shops, they sound so delicious (and I love them dried) but somehow fresh ones are always a little disappointing. I baked the last ones I had… and sadly they were no better! So I shall just drool over your pictures instead!

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  21. Conor
    I’d love to be able to use your gratuitous fig shot on a client’s website I am developing. Would you be accommodating and would you require a credit?

    Please get in touch to confirm or discuss.
    Regards

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  22. Hi Conor,
    I’m Pepper, a food blogger here in the U.S. and I’m putting together something called The Ultimate Fig Lover’s Guide for my blog, Nourish-Balance-Heal which you can find at http://www.nourish-balance-heal.com to get an idea of what I write about. I would be honored if you would allow me to use your fig photo as the main introductory photo to the piece. You can reach me at pepperculpepper70@gmail.com
    Thanks,
    Pepper Culpepper

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