Fig liqueur, did you think about it? – Italian Cuisine

Fig liqueur, did you think about it?


Such a sweet digestive is really unusual and will surprise you. It is served cold and goes very well with chocolate or dried fruit

With nuts you make the nocino, with the lemon the limoncello… and with figs? How can we call a fig liqueur?
Meanwhile, think about it, let's see how we prepare together.

Only fresh ripe and firm figs

To prepare this liqueur it is important to choose the figs righteous.
I must be mature, but not too much, and soft, but not soft.
As for the variety and color you can do in your own way, the important thing is that they have a nice consistency.

Peel: yes or no?

The peel should be removed, unless it is figs that come from organic production or from the home garden.
Certainly keeping the peel we do not risk to open the figs in the alcohol especially if they are not compact enough, but keeping it or not does not change much the final result.

The fig liqueur recipe

Ingredients

500 g of fresh figs
400 g of cane sugar
500 ml of liquor alcohol
500 ml of water
a cinnamon stick (optional)

Method

First wash the figs well and dry them with kitchen paper.
Peel them without breaking them and then put them together with the cinnamon stick in a large glass container with the cap and cover them with alcohol.
Let them soak in a cool place for about two weeks, shaking the jar from time to time.
After this time, filter everything.
Separately prepare a syrup by dissolving the sugar in boiling water and let it cool.
Mix the two liquids, strain them and pour them into a 1 liter bottle.

Interesting combinations

You can serve the fig liqueur after a meal because it is sweet, delicate and digestive.
It must be cold so we suggest you always keep it in the freezer.
He is very comfortable with the dark chocolate so maybe with a cake or an ice cream and even with the dried fruit then you can serve it as an accompaniment to a rustic tart or a crunchy one.
Try it also in a wet room tiramisu or a cake of sponge cake which you can then fill with mascarpone cream and caramelized figs.

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