Try them with fish, cheesecake, or on their own.

A little dollop of apricot jam is good on a cracker with blue cheese. Also fig jam used in this manner.

I have the BEST book. Got it at a used cookbook store. It is called The Complete Book of Small Batch Preserving by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard (Firefly) (see link below). I have made several of the jams listed (Australian Dried...

Any recs on brands and locations of either cherry, respberry, or apricot jam of jelly of high quality and not too pricey.

Does anyone have a good recipe for fig spread, like you would buy at a high end shop? I tried to make "fig jam" on the weekend, and it came out way to fruity, almost strawberrish. Any thoughts?

I know I may be too late in the season, but has anyone by chance seen fresh figs for sale? I was hoping to make fig jam for christmas presents this year, but I think I may have missed my window. Thanks for any suggestions!

/ honey and a sprinkle of toasted pine nuts. I am also considering making this drunken fig jam - http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Drunken-Fig-Jam-350120

Watery can be an advantage. How about draining them thoroughly and making jam with the soft fruit with the concentrated flavor that remains. I still have a tiny bit of some fig jam that a friend in Paris sent me. The flavor is...

Well Yesterday I finally got what I was waiting for! My neighbor brought me over a lovely bag of figs! Oh what to do what to do? Last year I made fig jam, and then raspberry fig bar newton like cookies with pecan crumble topping....

cup sugar 1/2 c hot water 1 /4 cup fresh lemon juice 1-2 T Grand Marnier pecans optional cook all over medium heat until the fruit is completely broken down and creamy thick. These are the best bars. If you can’t find figs buy...

Could also make a fig jam/preserve/confitures. Christine Ferber’s book has recipes for it.

to dry – my parents would eat them all); my aunt and uncle to also make dried figs; another sister to make fig jam; for the local fruit bats to raid at dusk. Oh how I’ll miss that tree next season!

My wifes inlaws have a very productive fig tree (they live in Fresno, CA) and so in season we have taken to canning fig jam. We just use the recipe that comes with the gelatin but this variety of fig has light pink flesh and so...

I love all sorts of jams, jellies, preserves, sauces, another condiments so much so I often find I don’t really need anything for them to go with. My shelves are lined with mustards, vinegars, preserves, and a like. Some of...

made fig jam and it too got darker than last time, since it wouldn’t thicken up I cooked it longer and at higher heat. And I forgot to add the acid. I think in my case that’s what happened. Still taste good, just not...