{"id":119,"date":"2008-10-31T07:28:58","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T07:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp_genova\/?p=119"},"modified":"2008-10-31T07:28:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T07:28:58","slug":"exploring-loc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/exploring-loc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Local Food &#8211; Fig Preserves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"\/images\/2008\/10\/31\/figjar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"301\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/images\/2008-small\/10\/31\/figjar.jpg\" title=\"Figjar\" alt=\"Figjar\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a>(photo courtesy Over A Tuscan Stove)&nbsp; This past week in my &#8216;Exploring Local Foods&#8217; course we were talking about honey and tasting mead, but as part of the tasting I also served some fresh goat cheese along with my preserved fig condiment.&nbsp; Some students liked it so much they demanded the recipe.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<style>v:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } <\/style>\n<style>v:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } <\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;color: #000000;\">I actually made two kinds of preserves with my figs this year.&nbsp; One calls for simply simmering them in sugar with lemons and putting the whole mess in a jar and capping with some sort of liquor.&nbsp; It comes from my friend Judy Witts Francini&#8217;s blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/divinacucina.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/market-to-table-certaldo-francescas.html\">Over A Tuscan Stove<\/a>.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div> http:\/\/divinacucina.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/market-to-table-certaldo-francescas.html<\/div>\n<p>My only mistake was not letting the figs come up from the bottom of the pot while they were cooking.&nbsp; You can definitely stir them gently so they don&#8217;t scorch on the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>This next recipe was for a fig mostarda, a condiment that goes well with meats and cheeses.&nbsp; My figs were almost overripe, and although I brought the mixture to a setting point, it didn&#8217;t set, but I canned it anyway and it is delicious spooned from the jar.&nbsp; The recipe is a little weird, but if you have any experience with canning you can figure it out.&nbsp; You need to page down to get to the English version on the page:<br \/>http:\/\/notitievanlien.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/mostarda-di-fichi.html<\/p>\n<p>The course is now at an end.&nbsp; Thanks to everyone who took part, and watch this space for more classes coming up in 2009!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(photo courtesy Over A Tuscan Stove)&nbsp; This past week in my &#8216;Exploring Local Foods&#8217; course we were talking about honey and tasting mead, but as part of the tasting I also served some fresh goat cheese along with my preserved &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/exploring-loc-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-you-can-eat-test-kitchen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}