Figs in hanepoot

Name: Figs in hanepoot
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Fruit
Ingredients: 12 figs black skinned; 300 ml wine hanepoot; 4 Tbs honey; 250 ml cream; 1 Tbs castor sugar; 1 vanilla pod; dark chocolate

6 servings Prep: 5 mins, Cooking: 25 mins

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Plump black figs dribbled in honey and drowning in sweet hanepoot wine.

By Food24 March 01 2011

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Ingredients (7)

12	figs — black skinned
300 ml	wine — hanepoot
4 Tbs	honey
250 ml	cream
1 Tbs	castor sugar
1	vanilla — pod
	dark chocolate

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Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Cut the tops of the figs in a cross almost all the way down and squeeze slightly.
Place in a baking tray (pack closely together) and drizzle the honey all over the top.
Pour the wine over the top.
Place in the oven for about 20 mins.
In the meantime, split the vanilla pod and place into the cream with the sugar and whip until soft peaks.
Serve 2 figs per plate with the syrup spooned over them. A dollop of cold cream and grated dark chocolate.

Reprinted with permission of Chef Caro.
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