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FIG & Brandy Paste

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Ingredients

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  • 500 g fig flesh, inc skin
  • 125g g water
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 500 g raw sugar
  • 125 grams brandy
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    • Place fig pieces in TMBowl and measure in water and brandy

    • Place lid on TMBowl, set timer to 7mins100*speed1 -  leave MC in.

    • When finished, puree on speed7 for 5 seconds.

    • Set scales and add sugar– (you can lessen the sugar a bit – however, by no more than 100g) and lemon juice

    • Place lid on TMBowl and blend on speed 4 for 30 seconds

    • Set timer for 35minutes, varomatemperature, speed 3.5 – strainer basket on top of lid (to prevent splatters)

    • With 5 minutes left on the timer, remove strainer basket to allow for more evaporation.

    • Prepare a suitable dish to pour your paste into when ready – I use a square cake tin 18cm x 18cm – a ceramic baking tray is fine similar dimensions. The smaller the dish the thicker the paste. Line with baking paper – mitre the corners of the paper for a good fit. Alternatively, silicone moulds are fine.

    • When cooking time has finished check for setting point – the paste should be looking thick and when a small amount placed on a ceramic plate gells – it is ready to pour into your chosen mould.

    • The fig paste will look like a ruby when it is set - if you prefer a denser pinker look, upon completion of cooking time, place mc in lid and mix at speed 8 for about 20 seconds - this whips it up and brings some air into it and makes it more opaque with a different finish.


     

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Tip

  • When cool and set, the paste can be cut and wrapped in food grade cello paper and given as gifts or stored in layers (use glad go betweens) in an air tight container in pantry. (use hygiene gloves or sterile utensils only when handling as this is good breeding ground for bacteria) Will keep easily for 6 months like this
  • Plums are plentiful right now and this is a great alternative to quince paste

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  • This was great! Thank you so much! I missed the...

    Submitted by MewDi on 28. December 2018 - 14:33.

    This was great! Thank you so much! I missed the bit about taking the basket off for the last 5 minutes so did it another 5 minutes and the consistency was perfect.

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  • Great recipe. I needed to

    Submitted by emckayz1@gmail.com on 3. April 2016 - 10:00.

    Great recipe. I needed to cook for a further 10 mins to get the right consistency.

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  • This worked perfectly.

    Submitted by Rhwalsh on 20. March 2016 - 20:44.

    This worked perfectly. Amazing  

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  • I made two batches of this

    Submitted by Liz_H on 16. March 2016 - 18:45.

    I made two batches of this today and subbed plums for figs and Liquer Muscat for Brandy in one of the batches and just water in the other. One batch got whipped, the other didn't. Beautiful textures and colours, can't wait to serve them  tmrc_emoticons.)

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  • The 35 minutes cooking time

    Submitted by Weebindi on 5. February 2016 - 13:37.

    The 35 minutes cooking time has ended up with toffee! Will try again when given more figs!

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