325442 Tue Sep 12 23:12:56 -0700 2006 7 31 Home Cooking 0 1872351 i've got loads of figs in my back yard, and i want to make use of it throughout the year. does anyone have a good tip for making it into a jam or preserve? mind you, i've never made either in the past... Tue Sep 12 23:12:56 -0700 2006 17837 tuttifrutti 1 1872361 No I don't have a recipe, but google fig mostardo, that is sublime. I think you have to find mustard oil first. Tue Sep 12 23:15:01 -0700 2006 1872351 11097 coll 2 1873611 Mustard Oil at Indian food stores. We did whole fig preserves in lemon simple syrup with Frangelico this year. Super easy and good. Wed Sep 13 15:27:32 -0700 2006 1872361 12840 Mila 1 1872782 I wish I had your backyard.... I just made some myself. I used a recipe with some sugar, a little bit of lemon juice, and that is about it. Recipes on most sites. It was very good, but almost a bit strawberry jammy. I plan to make it again this weekend and make it with vinegar instead, I am hoping to make it less sweet and more sour. Post if you get a recipe, I will too. Wed Sep 13 02:53:11 -0700 2006 1872351 28871 MaggieMuffin 1 1873895 I've made fig preserves for several years now-- since we moved to an apartment with a fig tree in the yard. Ours are brown turkey figs. I've never made enough to can, so I just keep it in a tupperware in the fridge. Basically, you just need to throw the washed, sliced figs in a heavy pot and boil them with your desired sweetener and any additions until it becomes thick (I'm thinking 20-30 mins, but maybe longer). My suggestions are to just cut the figs in half (you can mush them a bit in the pot with a potato masher)if you want a nice, chunky preserve. Be sure to add some lemon juice. I sweeten my fig preserves only with honey-- no sugar (I use sugar for all other preserves, but honey works really well with figs). Also add a dash or so of salt to bring the flavors together. The jam from my figs turns a beautiful reddish-jewelly color. I love it. You might also try doing a couple of batches and flavoring one with some fresh ginger. Yum. Wed Sep 13 17:04:48 -0700 2006 1872351 36325 Procrastibaker 1 1873945 I have had my fig trees died in the winter, but I will keep trying. They are really the best as a jam. Sounds great! Wed Sep 13 17:25:41 -0700 2006 1872351 40323 4bernadette 1 1874511 I made a fresh fig jam from a recipe I found via Google. Just a basic fig jam - sugar, figs, lemon juice - but it had sesame seeds added. They gave the jam a nice twist and people really like it. You could probably find the recipe easily online, or you could just add sesame seeds to a fig jam recipe. Recently, I saw a recipe for fresh and dried fig jam, which sounded delish, but can't remember where. Wed Sep 13 20:33:03 -0700 2006 1872351 12806 curiousbaker 1 1875400 i just used this recipe: http://www.paradisenursery.com/frfigpr.html came out great. Thu Sep 14 03:20:02 -0700 2006 1872351 13941 wowimadog