Here some of the  popular varieties. Naturaly grown, ripen and dried under full sun these sweet,  flavored and very crunchy figs are processed following long time traditional methods.

Côtio Branco

   

Inchario Preto  


 

 
Bebera Branca

 

 

Francisco
Portugal

they look gpod do they taste as good as they look

Absolutely beautiful figs (and photos), Francisco! Thank you for continuing great contributions to this forum.

excellency Francisco

Wow Francisco, they look super crunchy, look at those seeds, and I believe as you stated sweet and good tasting, just by looks alone a person would want to eat all of them in one setting.

very nice Francisco
do you dry them? or do you just buy them like that?

Wow, that is awesome!  I guess they would be considered fully caprified.  I didn't even know a fig could have that many seeds!  (No wasps here in Delaware.)

Looks nice, Francisco.

Last night at our local Portuguese club's annual "thank you dinner" I was speaking to someone who had recently returned from the Azores and, naturally, I had to ask him about the figs here.  His favorite is Pingo de Mel.  His favorite drink is Aqua Ardente de Figo!  Do you find many figs "preserved" this way as well?  He said the alcohol content is quite high.  He also said there is a version made with fig leaves.

Thank you for your commenting.
Unfortunately these figs are only available in the rural and farmers markets in small towns and villages...
In the bigger stores in town, they buy Turkish's only.

Andreas,
Yes they are home dried... the Côtio and Inchario are mine, Beb.Branca from my cousin.

Harvey,

Yes, your friend is correct. The small lesser quality dry figs are fermented and distilled to produce a very strong 'aguardente' locally known as 'bagaceira'  or 'bagaço' .

With this very alcoholic drink they prepare a fig liqueur adding a bunch of leaves of fig , grains of coriander, a stick of cinnamon and sugar... after seasoning this mix for a couple of weeks they add on water from the fountain  and after being filtered you have a nice, strong and fig flavored drink.

The distillation of figs is by now complete and the farmers are again busy cleaning their gear and alembics for the medronho (arbutus unedo) which is about ripe for pickup.

Francisco
Portugal

Looks really delicious. Thanks for sharing.

Francisco, They look amazing and your photos make them looks so real you can taste them!
How much for you to buy a few pounds and send to Canada..LOL

Ah, life is indeed good, Francisco! 
Who can complain knowing that such incredible delicacies exist?

im sorry to get off the topic but if someone emails you how do you check it does it go where your pm is i dont know how to check it

Those look great, nice photos!  How long does it usually take to dry figs in the sun?  I wouldn't mind giving it a try next year.  Home dried figs for filling some Italian Christmas cookies sound pretty good to me.

my friend Francisco have a greek one from me.  ;-))