Mulled Wine Figs
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 5-20 minutes (depending on fresh vs dried figs)
- 650g/23ozs. figs (fresh or dried)
- 1/3 cup red wine
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Juice of 1 lemon and zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 star anise
- 5 cardamom pods, crushed open
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Step 1 - Cut the figs in half and set aside. Heat the red wine, water, sugar, lemon juice, zest, vanilla, star anise, cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg in a saucepan until boiling. Add the figs and simmer - 5 minutes for fresh figs and 15-20 minutes for dried figs. If you want a more syrupy syrup, remove the figs once cooked and reduce the syrup.