Zurie's Fresh Fig Compote Over Cream Cheese recipe

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Ingredients

⅔ cup brown sugar
¼ cup water
1 pinch salt
2 cups fresh figs, stemmed and quartered
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

Nutrition Info

175.7 calories
carbohydrate: 20.6 g
cholesterol: 30.8 mg
fat: 9.9 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 2.4 g
saturatedFat: 6.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 86.9 mg
sugar: 18.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat a saucepan over medium heat, add brown sugar, water, salt, and figs. Cook and stir until sugar has dissolved and figs have softened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla extract. Cool for 5 minutes.

  2. Place cream cheese on a platter, pour fig mixture over cream cheese.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

This is a great way to use up some fresh figs. It is such an easy and popular appetizer in our home. We serve this with buttery crackers.

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