10 Fresh Fig Recipes

Recipe: Figgy Focaccia

Turn this into a pizza by adding grated fontina cheese and sliced dry salami.

Recipe: Pancetta-and-Fig Pasta

Bucatini is a hearty, hollow, spaghetti-like pasta. You can easily substitute linguine or fettuccine if you prefer.

Recipe: Marinated Fig Salad

Let the flavor of fresh figs shine in this dish. It comes together in just a few minutes.

Recipe: Fig-and-Bourbon Fizz

Choose Black Mission figs or another purple-skinned variety to give the drink a pretty tint.

Recipe: Rosemary Flank Steak with Fig Salsa

Sweet figs provide a satisfying complement to the savory steak and Gorgonzola cheese.

Recipe: Baked Fig Crostini

Salty bacon and goat cheese add the perfect balance to the fig-and-honey-topped crostini.

Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Figs

Bacon-Wrapped Figs with toasted pecans make for an easy yet impressive appetizer.

Recipe: Lemony Rice Pudding with Figs and Saba

Saba, an ancient sweetener traditionally made from grape juice, lends a subtle but complex flavor to this traditional dessert.

Recipe: Fig-and-Balsamic-Glazed Quail

Call ahead to make sure your butcher has quail on hand. For a delicious alternative to quail, try Cornish hens.

Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Bourbon Figs

The size of the figs will determine the amount of cheese you'll need.