Fig Tarts

Ingredients

• Put one pint of figs
• in a pint of hot water
• add a cup of sugar
• the juice of a good-sized lemon

Method

1. 1

   Put one pint of figs in a pint of hot water and let them gently stew almost three hours and a half.

2. 2

   If the water boils out add enough hot to keep the figs stewing.

3. 3

   When nearly cooked add a cup of sugar, and when you take from the stove add the juice of a good-sized lemon.

4. 4

   Have ready some tiny shells of puff paste and into these drop the figs.

5. 5

   If you wish to cap the figs with whipped cream, drop a spoonful on each fig filling.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 188. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FIG TARTS Put one pint of figs in a pint of hot water and let them gently stew almost three hours and a half. Use an earthen- ware or porcelain-lined saucepan. If the water boils out add enough hot to keep the figs stewing. When nearly cooked add a cup of sugar, and when you take from the stove add the juice of a good-sized lemon

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