Posted on
June 21, 2010 by
Stile Mediterraneo
June is one of the best months to visit a food market in Puglia. There are so many colours and flavours as all farmers start selling their delicious and sweet summer fruit and vegetables.
Being Puglia and Southern Italy, also known as the “garden of Italy”, we produce all kinds of seasonal fruit and vegetables, which are also distributed to Northen Italy.
A fruit that is really special in Puglia in June is the ”fiorone” (literally, big flowers), which is a type of fig.
Fig season in Puglia is from August to September, where you can find the most delicious and sweet figs.
Fiorone are sort of early figs and you can find them only in June (their production last for about 2 weeks). They are much bigger than figs you find in August.
Even though they are a little bit less sweet than those in August, it is such a joy to be able to eat figs in June.
They can be green or black. The best and sweetest are the black ones. You only find them at the market.
Tags: figsPuglia market tours
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Food markets
Posted on
August 14, 2009 by
Stile Mediterraneo
This is the perfect recipe for figs lovers!
Puglia is a big figs producer. Everywhere in the countryside you can see fig trees full of their delicious fruit!
Of course the best figs are those that you can eat just under the tree.
However, when you have picked and eaten too many figs, it’s also a good idea to start thinking about the winter season when you cannot find them fresh anymore.
You can prepare some delicious dry figs with toasted almonds and bay leaves.
This is the recipe:
INGREDIENTS
fresh figs
almonds
bay leaves
lemon zest
PREPARATION
Cut the figs in half, without breaking them and let them dry in the sun on a wooden board for about 10 days. Turn them upside down very often.
When they are competely dry, place an almond in the middle and sprinkle some grated lemon zest. Close them up and bake in the oven at very low temperature just to dry them up completely.
Place them in a jar with bay leaves.
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Cakes & Desserts, Recipes
