A holiday tradition in the family involves serving these delicious and sweet beets.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 servings |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 large red onion, chopped
- 2 cups chopped fresh Black Mission figs
- ¼ cup aged balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat; stir onion in the hot oil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover saucepan, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened and caramel-colored, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Stir figs into onion; cook and stir until figs begin to lose their shape and have softened into onion, 10 to 15 minutes. Pour balsamic vinegar into fig-onion mixture; cook until all the liquid has evaporated, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, into fig-onion mixture until desired sweetness is reached. Serve warm or chilled.
Reviews
I found this a little bland. I added salt and a bit of honey which helped but in the end added about a half minced jalapeño, garlic, and a bit of lemon juice. Much better and should go nicely with a good Brie.
It’s missing something but I’m not sure what. I think the figs overpowered any onion flavor. Good but again, missing something.
Was trying to use up some brown figs that had dried themselves out on the tree pretty well. And I only had yellow onion. But I’m very happy with the results; just needed to add a little water along with the figs. It’s like jam if you don’t like simple sugary fruit jam.
So good! I made it to the recipe. Then I spread it on flatbread and topped with goat cheese and baked it for 15 minutes. It was amazing! Thanks for this great use for the fresh figs I was never sure what to do with.
Great recipe! I used figs from my own backyard tree rather than black mission but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. The cook times were a little different for me, but I could tell by the descriptions when it was time to move on to the next step. Served on crostini with goat cheese and felt fancy. Yum! Will make this again (maybe tomorrow).
Delicious! Used Turkey Figs and sweet vidalia onions because that’s what I had on hand. Nice flavor, texture, and color. served in a cracker with a smear of cream cheese.
Super good and easy to make, only needed one tablespoon of sugar 🙂
Very tasty. I added a Tbs. of honey and a little Red Pepper flakes . Great on cream cheese!
NO sugar needed if you use a very good Balsamic vinegar.(i.e. there is no caramel colour!) Red onions must be fresh and when they caramelize down, they sweeten up. So good.
I replaced the white sugar with brown sugar! Delicious and so easy.
This is so delicious! I’m having it right now on crackers for my breakfast :~D This recipe is dangerous. I could eat the entire jar of spread with crackers in one sitting. Thank God for control!
This rescued us from dry out-of-season figs!! We picked up 2 trays (30 figs) of fresh figs on Christmas Eve, knowing they were out of season but thrilled to find them. And yes, they turned out to be dry and tasteless. So I found this recipe and, voila!! Tangy sweet fig onion jam. Not too sweet, just right. I used honey instead of sugar, and only 1 tbsp was plenty. Plus added a little salt, as others here had suggested. So easy!! Saved the cardboard-like figs!!! My husband thought they couldn’t be saved, now he can’t get enough of this. I love proving him wrong.
Yum! This was good as-is but after tasting it I decided to add a little brown sugar, a sprinkling of black pepper, and just a touch of garlic powder. Excellent with cheese and crackers! I ended up using the back of the spoon to smash down the fog and help break it up while it was cooking
Delicious over more than just bread. I stuff mushrooms and put goat cheese on top!
Tasted very good. My backyard figs are of the green variety and they worked well in this recipe . Replaced with 2Tbsp of honey instead of using refined sugar . Personal preference.
Great recipe! I made it mostly as written. I added cherry balsamic vinegar as another reviewer mentioned in addition to 1 tablespoon of sugar. Very good! I’ll make it again. Thank you.
I used a fine quality dark cherry balsamic to make this and it is really delicious! IT is great with cashew cheese too!
This recipe is delicious and so easy to follow! Will eat the spread with home baked french bread and some brie cheese.
Really enjoy anything with figs so I was eager to try this recipe. Made it exactly as written and was pleased with the result as far as consistency was concerned but felt it was a bit flat in flavor. Added the zest of an orange and it was just what the jam needed to give it a pop. Love it with Brie or blue cheese bruschetta.
I used green figs instead of black, did not put in any salt, and one table spoon of sugar. Turned out great.
Delicious, unusual & fun to serve to guests with fresh figs from our tree. I read the reviews and also added a little salt.