Fig spoon sweet. Handmade Spoon Sweet Fig by Vana's. It uses unripe figs, and the great thing about unripe figs is that the birds won't have eaten them Lulu, figs are my favourite spoon sweet. I haven't made them for years because I can't get any unripe figs.

Spoon sweets are sweet preserves, served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality in Albania, Greece, Cyprus, the Balkans, parts of the Middle East, and Russia. They can be made from almost any fruit, though sour and bitter fruits are especially prized. There are also spoon sweets produced without fruit. You can cook Fig spoon sweet using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Fig spoon sweet

It's 50 of figs.
Prepare 2 kg of sugar.
You need of almonds without the skins, as many as the figs (a few more don't matter).
It's of cloves, as many as the figs.
You need of juice of one lemon.
It's 6 cups of water.

Spoon sweets are a traditional Greek sweet that was originally used as a way to preserve the harvest. Caramelized figs with sweet grits, Baby fig spoon sweet with jaggery and himalayan black salt, Indian sweet rice with dried figs and nuts. Fig spoon sweet. Δημοφιλέστερες Ειδήσεις Sintages Pareas. Fig preserve is usually made with unripe whole figs.

Fig spoon sweet instructions

Cut a small ring at the bottom of the figs, not the stem side, circularly with a knife and punch the figs with a fork or a skewer in 2-3 places..
Boil the figs in a pot for 10 minutes in plenty of water..
Drain them, rinse and drain again. They should have softened a bit by now. Insert an almond from underneath each fig (the side that you previously cut). Stud them on the side with a clove, as well..
Put the cups of water, the sugar and figs in a pot to make the syrup as well as boil the figs. Skim off the foam if necessary..
Boil for only 15 minutes and leave the figs in the syrup overnight..
The following day boil the sweet until the syrup thickens and towards the end add the lemon juice..
Finally, store in sterilized jars, while still hot..

In this recipe I use ripe figs cut in halves. "Glyko koutaliou" which means spoon sweet is a traditional homemade sweet fruit preserve (it is made even. Fig spoon sweet has rich taste, strong aroma and is ideal for a healthy and balanced nutrition. Spoon sweets have long shelf life and are maintained in room temperature. While classified as preserves, spoon sweets are different from jams and marmalades. Spoon sweets are made all over Greece but some regions and islands are famous for their specialties.