10 Fresh Fig Recipes

By Southern Living
Photo: Iain Bagwell

Figs certainly are delicious in a cookie, but if you want to use this delicious fruit in another way then you will love these amazing recipes. From salads to steaks, these fig recipes show you how to give your figs some fizz. For finger food, enjoy Baked Fig Crostini—it pairs the saltiness of bacon with the sweetness of figs. That same bacon can be wrapped around whole figs for the Bacon Wrapped Figs, garnished with toasted pecans, or the Bacon-Wrapped Bourbon Figs. For something hearty, enjoy the Fig-and-Balsamic Glazed Quail, or pare your palate back with a simple recipe for Pancetta-and-Fig Pasta. Finally, there’s the fizz: the Fig-and-Bourbon Fizz, to be exact. Pair bourbon, a Southern classic spirit, with the beautiful color and taste of a Black Mission fig. These recipes will have you wishing fresh figs were always in season.

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Figgy Focaccia

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Figgy Focaccia

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

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Pancetta-and-Fig Pasta

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Recipe: Pancetta-and-Fig Pasta

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

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Marinated Fig Salad

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Marinated Fig Salad

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

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Fig-and-Bourbon Fizz

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Recipe: Fig-and-Bourbon Fizz

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

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Rosemary Flank Steak with Fig Salsa

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Recipe: Rosemary Flank Steak with Fig Salsa

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

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Baked Fig Crostini

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Recipe: Baked Fig Crostini

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

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Bacon-Wrapped Figs

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Figs

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

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Lemony Rice Pudding with Figs and Saba

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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.

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Fig-and-Balsamic-Glazed Quail

Photo: Iain Bagwell

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.

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Bacon-Wrapped Bourbon Figs

Photo: Iain Bagwell

Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Bourbon Figs

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

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