Watch How to Cook Well with Rory O'Connell at 8:30pm on Tuesday evenings on RTÉ One.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4tablespoons lemon juice
- 8 ripe figs
Method
- Preheat oven to 180c / 350f / gas 4
- Place the honey and lemon juice in a bowl and mix well. Prick each fig twice with a pin or a skewer and roll them in the honey and lemon.
- Place the figs and the juice in a small oven-proof tray or baking dish that they fit into snugly. I use a Pyrex pie-dish.
- Cook until tender but not collapsed. By now there should be a lovely deep pink slick of fig syrup in the bottom of the dish.
- The cooking time will depend on the ripeness of the figs. I start checking the figs after 20 minutes, but about 30 minutes should do it. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
