Fresh figs are in season in the States from mid-September, just a short few weeks until mid-October, so get them now while possible from your grocery or specialty grocery. And, if short of the real thing, you can buy the dried variety of which the best may be Trader Joe’s Dried Black Mission Figs.
Or pick a bottle of Dolci Pensieri di Calabria (fig molasses). This is pure vigs, dark and syrupy, a result of combining the figs with sugar. Drizzle over fish, chicken, pork chops, waffles or pancakes, ice cream, fruit salad, salad dressings or marinades too.
It is a substitute of honey on the fruit-salad, with fresh pineapple and maraschino. We like it drizzled over ice cream, fresh ricotta or any cheese like blue, Parmesan or Pecorino, stirring into yogurt, glazing a pork roast or flavoring pan juices.
