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BexleyRabbit

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Just a couple of photos of some brown turkey figs.  I know some of you don't like them but down here, they grow very well and taste delicious.  I haven't got a photo of an opened one yet.

The largest one weighed in at 110 grams. It was my first attempt at Chocolate Figs which isn't that easy on a hot summer's day.  

You may notice that there are 2 less figs in the 'after' photo! :)


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Click on photos to enlarge. Enjoy, I know I will...
GreenFin

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Nice!

Are these the 'Southern Brown Turkey' cultivar?
bullet08

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mate, that's a tease if i ever saw one. 
BexleyRabbit

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[QUOTE=GreenFin]Nice!

Are these the 'Southern Brown Turkey' cultivar?[/QUOTE] Thanks Well, I am in Australia and Brown Turkeys have been grown here since at least the 1850's so I guess that's as 'southern' and true to the original as you can get. ;)
GRamaley

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Very nice!!!
pino

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Can you post the recipe for those chocolate figs yummy?
needaclone

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Does anyone know how to get saliva out of a laptop keyboard? ;-)
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BexleyRabbit

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[QUOTE=pino]Can you post the recipe for those chocolate figs yummy?[/QUOTE]

There are many recipes available, just google 'fresh figs dipped in chocolate' and there's also a couple on 'youtube'.   I have a habit of combining what I like from various recipes and for these I also added Ameretto to the chocolate and dusted the figs with macadamia nuts from my tree with a little sea-salt.  Just don't cut the stems until after the chocolate has set; this will make dipping alot easier.  Next time, I will partly dip the figs with white chocolate on top of the dark chocolate.

Here'a a choc-dipped method but I did not use coconunt oil;

Ingredients (8-10)

  • 1 Dark Chocolate Bar. Get the highest percentage of cocoa you can find.
  • 1-2 Tbs Coconut Oil, cold pressed, unrefined.
  • 8-10 fresh figs, washed and dried

Instructions

If you don’t have a double boiler, make one. You will need two pots, one bigger than the other and fill the larger of the two with water.

Place large pot of water and turn oven on to a medium heat. Place smaller pot inside the larger one.

Add chocolate and coconut oil to smaller pot and stir gently as it melts. This gets tricky. If it stays on the heat too long, it will get chunky. The same happens if water gets in. If that happens you’ll be forced to eat this batch of chocolate and start over. There are worse things.

As soon as chocolate is melted and thoroughly mixed with coconut oil, holding the fig by its stem, start dipping!

Place dipped figs on parchment lined plate.

Once all the figs have been dipped, place in the freezer to set. Will take about 20 minutes and can then be stored in the fridge.

Eat them fresh… but remember to put any extras back in the fridge before you get carried away by the magical effects.

PS  I want to try this youtube recipe also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvU6avCFmxs
Aaron4USA

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[QUOTE=needaclone]Does anyone know how to get saliva out of a laptop keyboard? ;-)
Jim[/QUOTE] needaclone; yes it happened to me too and I washed it with water but then it started to type like this.._)@$**#%##)^&@)@+!+@FJ=24S1-34-@)$*#%&)@
BexleyRabbit

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[QUOTE=Aaron4USA][QUOTE=needaclone]Does anyone know how to get saliva out of a laptop keyboard? ;-)
Jim[/QUOTE] needaclone; yes it happened to me too and I washed it with water but then it started to type like this.._)@$**#%##)^&@)@+!+@FJ=24S1-34-@)$*#%&)@[/QUOTE]

That is so funny. Wish I could share them, honestly.
DesertDance

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Very good looking figs and nice recipe!  I hope this is the year when several ripen at once!  Enough for a plate full!

Just a note about coconut oil.  It is a natural hardener.  You can melt it into any chocolate sauce, pour over ice cream and instantly get that crunchy hard cover like they have on ice cream bars.  It adds a nutty crunch.  We use it a lot!

Suzi
susieqz

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thanks for the coconut oil tip suzi. i have it in my cupboard but never tried it in chocolate.

now, i shall.