Welcome to Valley Fig Growers! We love California figs and are proud to be the home of Blue Ribbon® Orchard Choice® and Sun-Maid® California Dried Figs.
The Spaniards brought figs to the Americas in the early 1500’s. Figs made their way to California through the missionary fathers who planted them from San Diego to Sonoma. The “Mission Fig” takes its name from this history. The beginnings of the Golden fig began in 1882 when a San Joa...
I softened the dried figs by soaking them in water for a few mintues and then made little marzipan pryamids to stuff inside. With the remaining marzipan, I rolled out a rope and made indentations with the round end of a spoon. They look great cut into 1" pieces sitting inside gold ...
So, hats of to Faye Levy who got the recipe from Timgad in Paris. It is saffron beautiful and now, young adult friendly. I imagine that dried figs and dates would be fabulous, especially for Tu B'Shevat. But for this meal, I catch those in the dessert...and make a fabulous pomegran...
I have to admit that I meant today’s recipe to be something totally different. I cut my last few fresh figs into slices, dipped them in tempura batter, deep fried them, and then dusted them with powdered sugar. In my head the idea sounded so good. In reality? Not good at all. The...