Fig Skewers Recipe With Bacon & Jalapeño For National Fig Week

[1] Scrumptious bites: a medley of flavors and textures (photos #1 and #2 © California Fig Commission). [2] Dried figs are delicious snacking right from the bowl. Enjoy them with a piece of cheese, too. [3] Uncured bacon, free of added sugar and nitrates (photo © Butcher Box). [4] Fontina cheese is made in the…
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Fig & Sausage Strata Recipe For National Fig Week

[1] A delicious strata for breakfast, brunch, or lunch (photos #1 and #2 © California Figs). [2] You can use any dried figs you like, but purple figs will show up best in the strata. [3] Fresh Italian hot sausage. You can use hot or mild sausage in the recipe (photo © Fresh Direct). [4]…
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Pickled Figs Recipe, A Condiment, Snack, & Food Gift

[1] You can use both green and purple figs in this recipe. A combination is more alluring (all photos © California Figs). [2] Kadota figs keep their color when pickled. [3] Mission figs, combined with Kadota figs, give the jar of pickled figs more eye appeal. [4] All figs, be they fresh, dried or picked,…
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Pasta With Figs Recipe For National Fig Week

[1] Spaghetti with fig soffrito. The recipe is below (photo © California Figs). [2] Dried Black Mission figs (photos #2 and #4 © Good Eggs). [3] Dried Golden figs. [4] Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Parmesan is the generic form, of more modest quality (photo © Murray’s Cheese). [5] Garnish with a pinch of crushed red chile flakes…
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Fig Recipes For National Fig Week

[1] Brown Turkey figs are available fresh from California (photo © Heather Barnes | Wesual | Unsplash). [2] Chocolate-covered figs: Delicious for entertaining and gifting (photo © California Figs). [3] A classic appetizer: melon with figs and prosciutto (photo © Good Eggs). [4] America’s best-known fresh fig varieties: Brown Turkey, Calimyrna, Kadota, and Mission (photo…
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