Stuffed
Figs
OLHÃO
Ingredients:
Makes
about 40 figs
- 1
kg of dried figs ;
- 250
grs of almonds ;
- 125
grs of sugar ;
- 25
grs of powdered chocolate ;
- 2,5
grs of anise ;
- lemon
peel scrapings to taste ;
- cinnamon
to taste
Preparation:
Grind
the almonds. Add the sugar, chocolate, cinnamon,
anise and lemon peel scrapings and stir until
well blended.
Take up the figs and pull their stems so that
they have an elongated shape.
Make a vertical cut in the figs with a sharp
knife. Stuff the figs trough this cut.
Close them up and disguise the point where they
were stuffed.
Let them brown in the oven.
Then wrap them in fringed white crystal paper.
Put them together as if they were a string of
garlic.
source: Algarve
Tourist Region
back to list
