Fig
«Cheese»
Ingredients:
Serves
8
- 250
grs of dry figs ;
- 250
grs of almonds ;
- 250
grs of sugar ;
- 25
grs of powdered chocolate ;
- 5
grs of cinnamon ;
- 1,5
grs of anise ;
- 1,5
dl of water ;
- half
a lemon peel scrapings ;
- granulated
sugar to taste
Preparation:
Roast
the figs and the almonds. Grind them separately.
Put the water, sugar, cinnamon, lemon peel scrapings,
anise and chocolate in a pan.
Heat until the mixture separates when the bottom of
the pan is scrapped by a spoon.
Add the ground almonds, stir constantly and let it
boil for five minutes.
Then add the ground figs, continuing to stir and let
the mixture boil another five minutes.
Separately, sprinkle a shallow pan with granulated
sugar, pour the mixture into it and let it cool.
Once it is cold, mould one or several «cheeses».
source: Algarve
Tourist Region
