Receta Time for Fig Tart — Two Helpings At Least

Fresh figs — in all their glory — in a perfect Figs are a rather stealth For those of us not lucky enough to have our own backyard fig trees, we forget the candy-sweet, sticky, plump fruit have two seasonal harvests a year here — in June-July, and As such, they rather sneak up on us. There we are, ogling the strawberries, plums and nectarines at the market, when all of a sudden out of the corner of our eye, our attention gets hijacked. “Are those figs?,” we find ourselves asking silently, as we hurry over to investigate. Sure enough, they are baskets bulging with the gorgeous purple or green Once they get squishy soft, I happily eat them straight out of hand. If I want something more complex but super…