purple figs
Explanation: Purple figs are specific to Italy... well, the Mediterranean, in fact! With over 150 varieties of figs available around the world, varying in color from white to green, brown, red, purple and black, the most common commercial varieties are the black fig (very sweet and dry, not as perishable as others), green fig (thin skinned and very juicy) and the purple fig (the juiciest, sweetest and most perishable of all). http://www.christinacooks.com/produce/figs.html Fig, an ambrosial and sweet fruit, is indigenous to Asia Minor and India. There are two varieties: green and dark purple. Figs may be onion shaped with a tapered upper part, or flat and round. Fully ripe figs possess a unique flavour and texture. Italian chefs like to serve them with prosciutto. In the Middle East, people eat them fresh in season, and dried in winter, or use in compotes or pastries. Fig jam is considered to be a delicacy. California produces figs but their taste fails to even remotely resemble those from southern Italy, Greece and Turkey. http://www.foodreference.com/html/arttropical_f.html Insalata di Frutta From Italian Food, by Elizabeth David Ingredients: peaches apricots plums fresh purple figs little sugar little lemon juice Instructions: Peaches, apricots, plums, and fresh purple figs, all peeled and cut up into rather small squares. Make it in the morning for the evening, add a little sugar and lemon juice, which will dissolve to a syrup, and serve it very cold. http://www.ochef.com/680.htm Joseph Phelps Vineyards: Recipes Joseph Phelps Vineyards. Excellence from the ground up. ... Makes 3-4 cups, depending on ... Using all purple figs makes a deep reddish/purple preserve. ... www.jpvwines.com/recipes/Fig_Preserves.html Hungry for culinary travel? - TODAY: Food & Wine - MSNBC.com From Italy to France, Bike Riders' culinary biking Guest Chef Adventures take ... to an open air market, taste purple figs picked fresh off the tree, gather wild ... www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18386237 Jennifer Jeffrey, Writer & Editor: Of Garlic and Figs and Divine ... If you do use purple figs, I'd use the best traditional balsamic you can find. ... Posted by: Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy | July 30, 2007 at 04:25 AM ... jenniferjeffrey.typepad.com/writer/2007/07/of-garlic-and-f.html Amarone-poached figs with ricotta - Culinary Anthropologist Traditionally in Italy this dish is made with Sambuca instead of Amarone. ... 3-5 ripe, purple figs per person, depending on their size ... www.culinaryanthropologist.org/2006/10/amaronepoached-figs-...
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Fig: A fruit of a fig tree, which is pear shaped or globular and is eaten fresh or dried. There are three types of fig: the white fig (including green figs), the purple fig and the red fig. These three figs are subdivided into a large number of varieties. http://www.geocities.com/rwk11001001/fruit.html
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