Not just your Bubbe’s honey cake. As a beekeeper and avid cook I can take you and your honey places you’ve never been before- culinarily speaking.
So let’s get Beezee.
Giant Leaves
Am I boring you yet with my non-gardening tales? You can’t kill a fig tree if you try. And every time we turn around another seems to have sprouted. I counted no less than 8 mature and wanna-bee fig trees around our house this week. They do offer great shade. So what else can you do with a fig? 
Honey-Roasted Figs
You knew that was coming, right?
Put the figs in the oven and forget them for 40 min! Cinnamon, rosemary and honey. Maybe a quick turn of black pepper. If you don’t do something with all of those figs they’re just going to make a sticky mess everywhere. Great as a snack or dessert. Even better with ice cream – almost everything is better with ice cream. But back to figs…
What you’ll need:
- 5 fresh figs
- 30-40g honey
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- Rosemary sprigs
- A quick grind of pepper – optional
- Baking dish & oven
- This scales easily, so just increase the proportions appropriate based on your bounty of figs.
How to do it
- Preheat the oven to 180c
- Slice the figs. Quartered is nice, but any way will do.
- Drizzle (or slather, if you prefer) with honey
- Sprinkle with cinnamon
- The optional, petite grind of pepper
- Toss rosemary sprigs over the top
- Bake for 40 minutes
- Cool for 10-15 minutes
- Serve drizzled with more honey if desired
These just melt in your mouth. They also freeze well. And that’s what you can do with figs.
