Comments on: Sicilian Fig Tart http://www.simpleitaly.com/sicilian-fig-tart Feeding Your Inner Italian...Body and Soul Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:24:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sharon http://www.simpleitaly.com/sicilian-fig-tart/comment-page-1#comment-214 Sharon Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:40:38 +0000 http://www.simpleitaly.com/?p=1131#comment-214 The espresso is an interesting ingredients. I'll bet it cuts through the sweetness of the fruit and honey. The espresso is an interesting ingredients. I’ll bet it cuts through the sweetness of the fruit and honey.

]]> By: peteyb http://www.simpleitaly.com/sicilian-fig-tart/comment-page-1#comment-213 peteyb Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:26:08 +0000 http://www.simpleitaly.com/?p=1131#comment-213 We call them cuccidati, a holiday cookie, sometimes made into a ring and sliced, or made individually. Thanks for the post. My recipe stews the dried figs with honey, sugar, lemon and orange zest and juice, cinnamon, almonds, raisins, espresso, citron..when it gets real thick, it's rolled into the cuccidati dough, milk washed, sprinkled with the tiny colored candy balls..always better a few days after you've baked them. They are sold year round in better Italian pastry shops in the NY/NJ area. Great post. We call them cuccidati, a holiday cookie, sometimes made into a ring and sliced, or made individually. Thanks for the post. My recipe stews the dried figs with honey, sugar, lemon and orange zest and juice, cinnamon, almonds, raisins, espresso, citron..when it gets real thick, it’s rolled into the cuccidati dough, milk washed, sprinkled with the tiny colored candy balls..always better a few days after you’ve baked them. They are sold year round in better Italian pastry shops in the NY/NJ area. Great post.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.simpleitaly.com/sicilian-fig-tart/comment-page-1#comment-212 Sharon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:26:58 +0000 http://www.simpleitaly.com/?p=1131#comment-212 Vic's right. Those minced dried fruit pies with liquor in them had long-keeping qualities -- perfect for wintertime. Vic’s right. Those minced dried fruit pies with liquor in them had long-keeping qualities — perfect for wintertime.

]]> By: Melissa Muldoon http://www.simpleitaly.com/sicilian-fig-tart/comment-page-1#comment-211 Melissa Muldoon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:19:30 +0000 http://www.simpleitaly.com/?p=1131#comment-211 p.s. I told him he needed to make the tart for New Year's Eve, but he is arriving at our house from London just before the clock strikes midnight and doesn't think he will have the time...I told him that was a pretty lame excuse! p.s. I told him he needed to make the tart for New Year’s Eve, but he is arriving at our house from London just before the clock strikes midnight and doesn’t think he will have the time…I told him that was a pretty lame excuse!

]]> By: Melissa Muldoon http://www.simpleitaly.com/sicilian-fig-tart/comment-page-1#comment-210 Melissa Muldoon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:16:49 +0000 http://www.simpleitaly.com/?p=1131#comment-210 So, I passed along this recipe to my friend Vic and he is very interested in whipping up this little tart. He wrote me back saying: I checked out the recipe. It looks great and I’ve already added it to my set of fig recipes. Not sure I can get it finished in time to be at your party before midnight on New Year’s – can I arrive a little later? Believe it or not it is similar to the mince pies I make, but the family version. You’ll recall they are filled with a mixture of fruits – raisin, currant, sultanas, orange rind etc. though obviously no figs, which we never got in the UK. I’ll track down more of the Sicilian dish the tart is based on – I wouldn’t be surprised if it is even more similar to mince pies. So, I passed along this recipe to my friend Vic and he is very interested in whipping up this little tart.

He wrote me back saying: I checked out the recipe. It looks great and I’ve already added it to my set of fig recipes. Not sure I can get it finished in time to be at your party before midnight on New Year’s – can I arrive a little later? Believe it or not it is similar to the mince pies I make, but the family version. You’ll recall they are filled with a mixture of fruits – raisin, currant, sultanas, orange rind etc. though obviously no figs, which we never got in the UK. I’ll track down more of the Sicilian dish the tart is based on – I wouldn’t be surprised if it is even more similar to mince pies.

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