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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal459
  • fat26g
  • saturates11g
  • carbs52g
  • sugars12g
  • fibre2g
  • protein7g
  • salt0.96g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Roll the pastry out thinly on a floured surface. Cut out 6 circles using a small saucer (about 11-12cm diameter) and 6 circles about half the size.

  • step 2

    Cut the tops off the figs, squash them down gently with your hands and push a toffee into the centre of each fig. Place a fig in the middle of each large circle of pastry and brush the egg around the pastry border. Brush the top of the fig with a little egg and cover with the smaller circle of pastry. Pull the edges of the larger circle up and pinch to seal them over the fig to make a sort of purse. Place the little pies on a baking sheet. The pies can be prepared up to a day ahead and kept covered in the fridge or frozen for up to a month.

  • step 3

    Brush with the egg and scatter over the sugar. Bake the pies for 30-40 mins until golden and sticky. Leave to cool for 10 mins and serve hot, so when you break into them you get a pool of toffee fig sauce - perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

RECIPE TIPS
WHY NOT TRY

Eating figs as they do in Italy, as a starter, halved and draped with slices of prosciutto.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2006

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.3 ratings

AMTcook

question

What temperature should these be baked at, and for how long, if they have been frozen after putting them together (as suggested by the recipe)? I assumed it’s intended that they should be cooked from frozen, and not defrosted first - is that correct?

keelz2010

My first taste of figs, I thought it was nice but I probably won't make them again as it didn't really wow me, I thought it tasted a little like rhubard. I did do it a bit differently though as I halved a fig, put a toffee in each half, used puff pastry instead and folded it like a cornish pasty…

anna83s

I couldn't taste the toffees in this...perhaps more than one per fig would've worked better? But then, my figs were pretty big...

cloclo

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

My mum makes these every couple of months. They smells and look lovely, and they're the only pudding my nan will eat seconds of! BUT I don't like figs. Its a good ideas, and the pastry and sauce are lovely. I'm going to try it with other kinds of fruits.

hayleygrice

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Suggested cooking time of 30-40 mins meant my pies burned badly! When tried again at 20-25 mins, they were OK but the tops un-scrunched in the oven and the toffee sauce came out and made a huge mess. Won't try again.

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