This recipe for roasted figs is fresh figs cut in half, then dredged in sugar and sweet spices and cooked to caramelized perfection. The absolute best way to enjoy figs!
When figs are in season, I use them to make recipes such as spinach fig salad, and these easy and delicious roasted figs.
Fresh figs are one of my all time favorite fruits, and they’re especially unique because they have such a short season. While this fruit is delicious eaten out of hand as a snack, or mixed into fruit salad, you can also caramelize them to make roasted figs for an extra special dessert or appetizer offering.
Roasted Figs Ingredients
To make this roasted figs recipe, you will need fresh figs, granuated sugar, ground cinnamon and ground cloves.
How Do You Make Roasted Figs?
Preheat your broiler, and coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Place the sugar, cinnamon and cloves in a small bowl, and stir to mix everything together. Dip the cut sides of the figs twice into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Arrange the figs, cut side up on the sheet pan. Broil in the oven for a few minutes, until the figs are caramelized and tender, then serve and enjoy!
Tips For the Perfect Dish
- Use ripe, fresh figs for the best results. You can tell when your figs are ripe by gently squeezing them. If they have some give, they’re ready to use.
- Watch your figs carefully as they cook so that there’s no risk of them burning!
- Leftovers will stay fresh in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
- It’s easy to change up the spices to flavor the figs to your liking. Try using ground allspice, ginger or nutmeg instead of the cloves.
Quick Tip
This recipe works well with any variety of fig. My favorite varieties are black mission figs, turkey figs or green and yellow striped tiger figs.
Recipe FAQs
You can put figs in the oven, and the roasting process adds even more flavor! Figs are a delicate fruit and only need to cook for a few minutes in the oven.
The skin of figs is edible and there is no reason to remove it! You will want to remove the hard stem before enjoying figs.
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How To Use Roasted Figs
There are so many different ways to enjoy roasted figs. They can serve as a dessert, or in sweet and savory applications.
- Dessert: Add the figs to a bowl of vanilla ice cream, with a drizzle of salted caramel sauce and toasted hazelnuts.
- Breakfast: Serve these sweet fruits over pancakes, in Greek yogurt or on top of oatmeal.
- Salads: Pair your caramelized figs with baby spinach or arugula. Add some cheese such as feta, blue cheese or shaved parmesan. Stir in some nuts like candied pecans, toasted walnuts, pistachios or pine nuts. Toss with balsamic vinegar dressing for a fabulous salad.
- Pizza: Top a pizza dough with mozzarella and gorgonzola cheese and bake until golden brown. Add roasted figs, and arugula dressed in lemon juice and olive oil, then serve and enjoy.
- Appetizers: Wrap your roasted figs in a slice of prosciutto and serve with a toothpick. You can also layer the roasted fruit onto toasted bread with goat cheese, a drizzle of honey and some fresh thyme leaves.
Everyone is sure to enjoy these roasted figs! They’re quick to make, full of flavor and look so elegant.
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Roasted Figs
Ingredients
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 pound fresh figs halved lengthwise
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Position a broiler rack 6 inches from the heat source and preheat your broiler. Coat a large cooking sheet with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and spices.
- One at a time, dip the figs, cut side down, into the sugar mixture to coat. Then coat the figs a second time with the sugar mixture and arrange cut side up on the baking sheet.
- Broil the figs, watching closely, for about 4 minutes, or until the sugar melts and begins to caramelize and figs soften slightly and begin to ooze their juice. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Choose ripe figs for the best results.
- Leftovers will stay fresh in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
We had the good fortune to get some beautiful figs today and so we made this this recipe this evening and really enjoyed it. The hint of clove and ginger are very nice. It’s definitely going to become our recipe of choice whenever we can get good figs!
I love figs, so when I noticed this recipe on Pinterest I just had to make it. The entire family loved the flavor combo. We just can’t get enough of it.
This is a perfect summer dessert! I love how you prepared figs, can’t wait to try!
I love figs, this looks like such a yummy dessert!
Sweet caramelised figs with creamy vanilla ice cream – what could be better than this?!
I love figs! In Greece its a traditional fruit during July and August and we have lots of trees! 😊
These look absolutely delicious. Huge fan of figs and ice cream together
A beautiful simple dessert ! I can’t wait to make it for my husband who loves both figs and ice cream!
These look so yummy and what a beautiful little girl!
This makes my mouth water! I am a total fan of ice cream and do like Breyers creamy texture!
What a lovely dessert and I love the spices with the figs! Sounds delicious 🙂