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Harrison's avatar

Wow I've never heard of fig leaves as a food before, fascinating. Reminds me of the Violette de Bordeaux Figs with calabrian chili oil & cured lardo recipe I adapted from California cuisine restaurant Rustic Canyon! check it out:

https://thesecretingredient.substack.com/p/get-rustic-canyons-recipe-violette

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Shell Plant's avatar

I was looking at a beautiful fig tree with my mum yesterday. And now annoyed with myself for not taking a leaf or two!

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Sophia Real | Real Simple Food's avatar

Go back and grab some!

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Kathy Slack's avatar

Delighted to be part of the fig feast. Thank you! And now I’m off to try making fig leaf powder….

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Sophia Real | Real Simple Food's avatar

Of course! And have fun with the fig leaf powder - it also makes for a brilliant coffee cake with a layer of fresh chopped figs between the sponge and the crumble topping!

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Kathy Slack's avatar

Oh my! Sounds gorgeous

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Melissa Norman's avatar

I have an image now Sophia - of you liberating fig leafs in your neighbourhood!

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Sophia Real | Real Simple Food's avatar

The image is spot-on! I have 2 go-to trees here in Brussels and have been known to stash fig leaves in my suitcase from trips to Italy!

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