Our best fig recipes to celebrate the season
- Fig, pomegranate and burrata with Sherry vinaigrette
- Ricotta fritters with honey and figs
- Sean Moran’s pork belly roasted with fennel, radicchio and figs
- Fig, fennel and grain salad with citrus dressing
- Lemon-scented labneh with fig and beetroot
- Fig leaf-baked brie with pickled figs and fennel seed fougasse
- Mike McEnearney’s fig salad with roast onions, walnuts and radicchio
- Chicken roasted with butter, figs and verjuice
- Fig, prosciutto, pear and witlof salad with pomegranate vinaigrette
- Figs with whipped ricotta, orange and mint
- Roast pumpkin and fig fatteh with za’atar and whipped feta
- Glazed figs with salted caramel ice-cream
- Spice-roasted duck with figs
- Haloumi, ricotta and peppered fig pide
- Orange-scented cheesecake with figs and Amaro syrup
Every year, we can’t wait to dig into these plump purple fruits when fig season rolls around. There are those of us who like to enjoy them raw, but for those who buy in bulk… these are the best sweet and savoury fig recipes to make the most of the season.
From draping figs with thin slices of jamón or prosciutto for a summery salad dish to figs paired with cheese, pork or spice-roasted duck in cooler weather. Have too many ripe figs? A fig preserves recipe always saves the day.
But figs really shine as an ingredient in desserts, including Italian-style raspberry and fig pies, homemade fig jam and ricotta torta and fig and goat’s cheese cheesecake.
Here are our best fig recipes to bake and make this season.

Sticky fig pudding with tahini butterscotch and fig leaf ice-cream

A large plate of figs with burrata, garnished with pomegranate arils and fennel sprigs
Fig, pomegranate and burrata with Sherry vinaigrette

Ricotta fritters with honey and figs
Ricotta fritters with honey and figs

Sean Moran’s pork belly roasted with fennel, radicchio and figs
Sean Moran’s pork belly roasted with fennel, radicchio and figs

Fig and fennel grain salad with citrus dressing and spiced nuts
Fig, fennel and grain salad with citrus dressing

Flourless fig leaf and pistachio cake with rose and raspberries

Fig, watermelon and jamon salad

Lemon-scented labneh with fig and beetroot
Lemon-scented labneh with fig and beetroot

Proscuitto wrapped chicken (chicken involtini) with fig and goat's cheese stuffing

Fig leaf-baked brie with pickled figs and fennel seed fougasse
Fig leaf-baked brie with pickled figs and fennel seed fougasse

Mike McEnearney's fig salad with roast onions, walnuts and radicchio
Mike McEnearney’s fig salad with roast onions, walnuts and radicchio

Chicken roasted with butter, figs and verjuice
Chicken roasted with butter, figs and verjuice

Fig, prosciutto, pear and witlof salad with pomegranate vinaigrette
Fig, prosciutto, pear and witlof salad with pomegranate vinaigrette

Figs with whipped ricotta, orange and mint
Figs with whipped ricotta, orange and mint

Roast pumpkin recipe fig fatteh with whipped feta
Roast pumpkin and fig fatteh with za’atar and whipped feta

Figs, blackberry and mascarpone sablés

James Moffatt

Caramelised fig brioche with lavender honey

Fig, honey and ricotta semifreddo

Glazed figs with salted caramel ice-cream
Glazed figs with salted caramel ice-cream

Over the top shot of a round tart topped withwhite chocolate and figs

Figs with mozzarella, prosciutto and vincotto

Hazelnut, fig and coffee syrup cake

Spice-roasted duck with figs
Spice-roasted duck with figs

Fig jam and ricotta torta

Haloumi, ricotta and peppered fig pide
Haloumi, ricotta and peppered fig pide

Black fig, mozzarella and basil salad

Whole glazed ham with roasted figs

Spiced fig jam drops

Spice-crusted quail with buttered rice and figs

Cheesecake topped with halved figs and golden-orange syrup.