One of my neighbors happened to give me two great big bags of figs. Yes, lucky me! They were ripe and right off the tree so I couldn't resist to just eat about five right away. Take a look at these beautiful fruits.
I then decided to make a nice salad with romaine lettuce, sliced figs, crumbled blue cheese and a cranberry vinagrette dressing. I cheated and used Trader Joe's brand but it was a fabulous salad.
Then it was time for dessert. I went with a pear and fig galette. It sounds so complicated but was so easy to make. I just rolled out some pie crust, layed down the filling , tucked the sides over, brushed the dough with egg wash and baked. Here is is half way through the process.
When I say I rolled pie crust, I literally rolled it right out of the Pillsbury box. Sad to admit, but I can't make pie crust. I am sure I have mentioned this cooking weakness before. If anyone would like to give me some pie crust making tips, I will gladly take them. Or you can come to my house and give me pie lessons. I will gladly repay you by making you dinner.
Or I can give you a fig tip. Did you know you can freeze figs? As long as they are not bruised, place them on a cookie sheet in the freezer. Once they are frozen, store them in plastic freezer bags. Defrost them and they will be ripe and ready to eat. Enjoy!
Pear and Fig Galette
1 premade pie crust (or home made crust)
2 pears, cored and thinly sliced
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
8 to 10 figs, sliced
1 egg, beaten
2 TBS turbinado sugar (you can substitute regular sugar if necessary)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cover a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Lay the pie crust on the cookie sheet in a large circle. Mix together the pears, sugar and cinnamon. Spread the pears in the middle of the crust leaving a 2 inch border. Top the pears with the figs. Sprinkle the figs with the Turbinado sugar. Fold the sides of the crust over and brush the dough with the egg wash. Bake the galette for 30 to 40 minutes or until crust is golden and fruit is cooked. Cool slightly before serving.
28 comments:
Great tips on freezing the figs! I'm cracking up about your post because I was literally going to blog about the strawberry and fig custard tart I made this weekend today. At the last minute I changed it to mashed potatoes. But I was also going to talk about how I stink at rolling out pie crust! Yours looks way better than mine though.
Wow lucky you getting all of those figs and what a fabulous recipe you baked with them. This is very impressive Lisa I would love a slice yummy!
wow does that galette look amazing! Yum!
Oh, thanks for the freezing tip. I'll remember that next year when my parents give me tons of figs from their tree
I'm not always a fan of dried figs, but I LOVE them fresh!
Awesome Lisa! I am jealous! I need a neighbor with a fig tree! I love what you did with them!
thanks for the tip...I had no idea you could freeze figs.
I love the fig salad...I wouldn't mind having one of those for lunch today at work!! :-)
Figilicious!
Mine made early this year. It's a race between me and the birds. We're about 50/50 on who gets the figs.
Ramona
This looks really luscious. The gallette is beautiful. What a great way to use figs.
sad as it is to admit this, i have never even tried a fig. everything looks so lovely though!
I'm so jealous you get free figs, I have to buy mine! I just made a fig crumble, it was delicious. Check it out: www.sassydining.com
Wow, nice neighbor...wish had one around us :-) The fig and pear galette looks so yummie...and the salad with the fresh figs must be a really nice treat! Great pictures as well :-)
Can I borrow your neighbor for some figs!!???
I had never had a fig in my life until last Friday when we went to a cooking demo dinner prepared by a couple of local chefs and the dessert was a fig crostata (galette). Looked just like yours (minus the pears). The chef gave us a great crust recipe that she easily made in a food processor. (If you want the recipe, let me know.)
Now my goal is to try a fresh fig--soon!
I LOVE figs! Thanks for the delicious galette recipe!
Wow you really scored on this one, what a nice neighbor! The gallette looks beautiful and the figs with the pears sounds heavenly!
oh my gosh! look at all those figs!!! jealous :)
Oh my - the galette looks simply amazing.
oh my goodness aren't you a lucky duck! oh how I would love to make some more figgy jam or even try my hand at homemade fig newtons.
Love the pizza Lisa!
I love figs Lisa. I have a fig tree but it hasn't produced really big juicy figs yet...send me some of the ones in the pic please!
What a gorgeous fig tart! What nice neighbors!
I had no idea you could freeze figs! Thanks for that tip - I'm going to buy a ton today at the market and do just that! After I eat my share and make your fig tart, that is! xo, Nan
You are so lucky! Thanks for the tip on freezing figs!
and you didn't dedicate this post to me?????
I bought every last fig in September at the farmers' market and just froze them in ziploc bags.
I plan on making some winter stews with them!
I will miss them for a whole year.
YUM!~ I'm so jealous. I never see fresh figs in the markets here!
I so love figs-have you tried baking them with bacon and goat cheese-I have a recipe for that on my blog.
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