{"id":619,"date":"2017-09-08T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ikedabarry.com\/gomakedo\/?p=619"},"modified":"2017-09-09T19:07:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T02:07:22","slug":"summer-figs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikedabarry.com\/gomakedo\/2017\/09\/08\/summer-figs\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Figs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kamala clapped her hands loudly, so that the golden bangles tinkled. “Your poetry is very good, brown Samana, and truly there is nothing to lose if I give you a kiss for it.” She drew him to her with her eyes. He put his face against hers, placed his lips against hers, which were like a freshly cut fig.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Siddhartha<\/em> (Herman Hesse, 1922)<\/a><\/p>\n

This passage always\u00a0<\/em>comes to mind\u00a0when Vancouver’s fig trees are heavy with fat fruit in the hot weeks of August. But the simile “like a freshly cut fig ” did not conjure up a very desirable image when I read the passage for the first time as a teenager. At that point\u00a0I was only familiar with dried, wrinkled brown figs that came threaded onto a loop of straw. It was decades before I first met up with the luscious red interior of a fresh one and finally understood.<\/p>\n

We like to poach these summer treats with ginger and cardamom and serve with a scoop of ice cream, or slice thickly for a pizza topping.<\/p>\n

This year Aya made some wonderful tarts (click any image to see larger photos):<\/p>\n

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Fresh, fat figs.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Slices soaking in lemon-cardamom syrup.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Slices assembled atop a bed of almond filling and pastry.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ready for the oven.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Caramelized fig almond tart, with lemon and cardamom.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Fig and nectarine tart with almond.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Click through to see how the pizzas turned out.<\/p>\n

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Very simple ingredients atop a round of dough that is brushed with bacon drippings. The figs caramelize beautifully and are a perfect pairing with the sharp, funky cheese blend.<\/p>\n

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Fig, blue cheese and goat cheese pizza.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The crust is brushed with bacon drippings.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Fig, blue cheese and goat cheese pizza.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Fig, blue cheese and goat cheese pizza.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kamala clapped her hands loudly, so that the golden bangles tinkled. “Your poetry is very good, brown Samana, and truly there is nothing to lose if I give you a kiss for it.” She drew him to her with her eyes. He put his face against hers, placed his lips against hers, which were like … <\/p>\n

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