Combine wine, sugar, lemon zest, 1 1/2 cups water, thyme, and vanilla bean in a non-reactive medium size saucepan and heat to simmer, let simmer gently for 5 minutes. Add figs to the …
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Quench with the red wine and some of the stock. Add the potatoes, garlic, dried figs, honey, cinnamon sticks and bay leaves. Cover and stew for 1 1/2 to 2 hours stirring occasionally and adding a bit more stock every so often. 3. Finally season with salt and serve garnished with the fresh figs and the basil.
You can eat your stewed figs just as they are, but you can also get creative with some delicious serving suggestions. Use them as a topping: Place them on top of oatmeal or alongside yogurt as well as frozen yogurt and ice cream, suggests Stahl.
How Many Carbs are in Figs? Fresh Figs: There are 8 grams of sugar and 5.4 grams of carbs per medium fresh fig. Dried Figs: It may be harder to estimate for dried figs of different varieties, which can have up to 12 grams of sugar per fig.
Combine wine, sugar, lemon zest, 1 1/2 cups water, thyme, and vanilla bean in a non-reactive medium size saucepan and heat to simmer, let simmer gently for 5 minutes. Add figs to the syrup and continue to simmer until the figs are tender about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let figs cool about 10 minutes in the syrup.