Dried Figs
Ingredients
Directions
Select figs with cracked skins.
Dissolve a little baking soda in boiling water.
Pour the boiling water over the figs.
Remove the figs and dip them again in the water.
Place the figs on trays and expose them to the sun for a few days.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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