Fig Sauce (Salsa di Fichi)

Elegant and universal fig sauce. Thanks to grongar for the photo.

Our fig sauce or salsa di fichi is an easy and versatile pantry staple than can be consumed with a simple yellow/sponge cake or combined with choclate sauce and a bit of whipped cream for an Italian sundae.  Alternatively, it can be used as a savory sauce for pork and chicken (minus a few of the ingredients below) or as a topping for an olive oil soaked piece of toast (per the above photo).

Fig Sauce (Salsa di Fichi)

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1 cup of dried figs (chopped roughly)
• 2-3 tablespoons of lemon zest
• 1 cup of water
• ½ cup of sugar (you can decrease the sugar amount depending on the sweetness of your figs)
• 1 tablespoon of rum (optional if making savory, necessary if making a sweet sauce)

Process

1. Combine all of the ingredient (except the alcholo) in a medium sized sauce pan and summer for 15-30 minutes (the goal is to soften the figs a bit).
2. Next, add the rum and continue to cook for an additional 3-5 minutes. You can serve the sauce hot, if you’d like.

Notes

You can substitute 1 cup of dried figs with the rough equivalent of fresh figs (be sure to remove the stem and only use ripe figs).

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