Poached figs
Photography Photography by Vanessa Wu.
INGREDIENTS
300 grams caster sugar
100 ml water
125 ml red wine
1 cinnamon stick
400 grams whole, dried figs
To serve
good vanilla ice-cream sheets of gold leaf
METHOD
Put the sugar, water, wine and cinnamon stick in a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Add the figs and simmer for 25 minutes. Cool then store in a sealed container in the refrigerator. The figs will keep for several months in the syrup.
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