Baked figs with marsala and maple syrup recipe

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Looking for quick and easy recipes? Try this gorgeous dessert from Woman's Weekly. If you love figs, you can't get better than this.

  • healthy
Serves4
SkillEasy
Cooking Time25 mins
Cost RangeCheap
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories129 Kcal6%
Fat0.5 g1%
Saturated Fat0.2 g1%

Looking for quick and easy recipes? Try this gorgeous dessert from Woman's Weekly. If you love figs, you can't get better than this.

Ingredients

  • 8 large, ripe figs
  • 1 cinnamon stick, roughly broken
  • 4 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 4 tablespoons Marsala
  • Thick Greek yogurt

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Method

  1. Set the oven to Gas Mark 4 or 180°C
  2. Cut a cross in the top of each fig
  3. Pack the fruit fairly tightly into a shallow baking dish and add pieces of cinnamon stick
  4. Spoon the maple syrup and Marsala over
  5. Cover the dish tightly with foil
  6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, depending on how ripe the figs are
  7. Spoon figs on to a serving platter, then reduce the syrup in a pan for a few minutes and pour it over
  8. Serve with yogurt
Top Tip for making Baked figs with marsala and maple syrup

If you don't have maple syrup and marsala, use honey and sweet sherry.

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