We've been having a glorious summer over here in Seattle with more sunny days than we are accustomed. My DK tree was huge and heavy with fruit. I have been watching the fruit and declared that this weekend would be the weekend for preserves. Well during the week the rain came and my fruit went from beautiful to ugly and swollen. What a shame. Lost a lot of the fruit but salvaged what I could.

 

You can see all the fruit that is split but with preserves it doesn't matter. It all boils down the same.
 

 

The walnuts balance out the sweetness nicely. Very tasty. Look forward to slapping this stuff on some cheese and crackers. Maybe crack open a bottle of wine :)

http://mymansbelly.com/2010/09/03/fig-jam-preserves-or-confit-just-call-it-delicious/

My pups came out cleaned up all the fruit that had fallen to the ground. Sadie is normally a lean athlete but she's looking a little pregnant. Pregnant on figs. She's in a fat fig coma.
 

LOL on the fat fig coma! Looks like you made the best of unfavorable conditions. :)   

I love my fig preserves nice and chunky, all done making preserves/jam for this year. Nice post, thanks.

Looks delicious, Nichole! Even before you turned them into preserves :) I've been wanting to try "cooking" up a batch as well & hadn't thought about adding nuts - great idea! I'll have to lean on the local farmer's market for a good supply - I don't have trees mature enough to pick THAT sizable crop!
Thanks for sharing & Cute Pup

I committed a mortal preserve sin late last night with my last batch of the night - I let them simmer too long :(
The sugars burned on the bottom of the pot. I put them in jars but didn't seal them. If my husband thinks they're salvageable I'll let him eat them otherwise I'll throw that batch away. Darn me getting distracted with Facebook! I have enough for 2 more batches. I may toss in a couple of plums just to use them up.