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Sambuca Poached Figs with Ricotta and Pine Nuts

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Sambuca Poached Figs with Ricotta and Pine NutsRita Maas

Serve this dish at the end of a meal — it's a fruit and cheese course in one.

Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 25 min

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup pine nuts
3/4 cup Sambuca
2 tablespoons sugar
12 firm-ripe fresh purple figs
3/4 cup whole-milk ricotta (preferably fresh)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat oil in a small skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook pine nuts, stirring, until golden, about 2 minutes. Transfer to paper towels and season with salt.

    Step 2

    Simmer Sambuca with sugar in a saucepan (pan should be just large enough to hold figs upright), stirring until sugar is dissolved. Cut a very thin slice from bottom of each fig and stand figs in liquid in saucepan (figs will not be covered by liquid).

    Step 3

    Poach figs at a bare simmer, covered, 5 minutes. Cool slightly in liquid.

    Step 4

    Season ricotta with salt and pepper. Divide figs among 4 plates alongside mounds of ricotta and drizzle figs with some of poaching liquid, then sprinkle with pine nuts and serve.

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