Fig Sauce (Salsa di Fichi)
 
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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).
Recipe by Scordo.com - Italian Food Recipes and Lifestyle at http://www.scordo.com/recipe/fig-sauce-salsa-di-fichi.html