Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.– Epictetus
If you tell me that you desire a fig… I answer you that you are in luck today! Orchard Choice Fig Spreads are helping “Spread the Love” with their four delicious fig spreads and dried Mission Figlets. I got to try all four spreads and the dried Mission Figlets, too. I think you’ll enjoy their sensuous texture and flavor just as much as I did!
These spreads come in four unique flavors:
- Organic Mission Spread – Sweet, earthy, and bursting with fig flavor
- Fig Orange Spread – Figs laced with a tangy twist of orange
- Fig and Port Spread – Luscious figs drenched in port
- Balsamic Pepper Spread – Figs with sassy balsamic vinegar and spicy black pepper
Why not spread the love on Valentine’s Day with these pairing ideas? It’s the perfect way to spoil yourself or your special someone.
- Start with breakfast in bed and fresh hot scones topped cream cheese and Orchard Choice California Orange Fig Spread or Organic Mission California Fig Spread.
- Top heart-shaped crackers with blue cheese and a dollop of Orchard Choice Port Wine California Fig Spread.
- Start your Valentine’s dinner off with a fig appetizer. Cut figs in half, stuff with goat cheese, wrap in a thin, silky smooth strip of prosciutto, then drizzle with a little aged balsamic vinegar.
If you’re looking for even more romantic meal ideas, try these aphrodisiac-packed recipes. (Aphrodisiac ingredients appear in parentheses.)
California Fig and Arugula Salad (figs, arugula)
Pork Medallions with Honeyed Figs and Apples (figs, honey, apples)
Rosemary Chicken with Fig Orange Sauce (figs, rosemary)
Braised Chicken with Fennel and Dried Figs (figs, fennel, carrots, garlic)
Chocolate-Dipped Stuffed Figs (figs, chocolate, ginger, almonds, vanilla)
Warm Chocolate Fig Cakes (figs, chocolate)
Chocolate Pudding with Amaretto Figs (figs, chocolate)
Dark Chocolate Bark with Figs and Nuts (figs, chocolate, almonds)
Susan Highland
Well, I have 15 fig trees, all rare varieties. Nothing is better than a fresh fig eaten right off the tree. I have a few favorites. One is Verte. It tastes like strawberry jam. One is Mary Lane seedless. That drip of honey tells you exactly the joy you will get with your first bite. Unfortunately, figs don’t produce year round, and these spreads look delicious. I’d try them over cream cheese as an appetizer, on pancakes instead of syrup, and use them as a filling for buttery cookies. OH, and toast.
Katie
Wow! 15 fig trees? I am very jealous! Your ideas sound delicious. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and entering to win!
Susan Highland
I started all my fig trees from cuttings. I do live in a good climate for them. They love hot summers and mild winters, which is what you get here in my part of Southern California. You can get cuttings on Ebay now when the trees are dormant. Nothing like a fresh fig! People in NY have fig trees in containers, which they bring into their basements for winter protection. Just FYI!
Katie
I have one sad stick that may be a fig bush, but I don’t know if winter killed it yet. I’m waiting to see if it sprouts leaves. We have 4 or 5 varieties available in local nurseries, so maybe I’ll give it another go and be more conscientious about it.
Tammy Smith-Jones
The sound amazing .would love to try them
Miranda @ Cookie Dough & Oven Mitt
I love figs. This summer I was able to enjoy figs fresh off a fig tree. Amazing! Wonderful giveaway. 😀
Katie
Lucky you! I keep trying to grow a fig bush in my backyard, but I am so not a gardener. If it requires watering, it’s doomed!
Laurel N
LOVE figs!
Sarah | Curious Cuisiniere
I’m imagining using these spreads for fig and goat cheese crostini and fig pancake rolls. With maybe a few spoonfuls going directly into my mouth! 🙂
Katie
Love the goat cheese idea. Definitely on board with the spoonfuls to the mouth, also! 🙂
pam (Sidewalk Shoes)
I am posting a pizza recipe that uses fig jam tomorrow!! These would be perfect on that!
Katie
Hooray for pizza! Tweet me the link when it’s up and I’ll RT! 🙂
Sam @ PancakeWarriors
oh Id love to make fig newtons. Oh and I’m pretty fond of figs Id love to make a dressing for Spinach goat cheese and butternut squash salad with the port fig spread. OMG I’m drooling
Katie
Drooling is an occupational hazard around here. It would be fun to make fig newtons, wouldn’t it!
Holly E
I would love to use them to make gluten free fig newtons.
MaryEllen
I honestly think I’d start with a spoon– just sit down and taste each and every one!
Katie
I admit it. That’s how I’d start, too.
LaTanya
I would try them on buttered toast
ellen beck
Living in the cold Midwest we dont much see good figs here, and certainly cant grow them. I adore the taste of figs though and for us it is a treat. I would use these on a piece of hot homemade bread or perhaps on some pancakes or if I was being honest , I would grab a teaspoon and just take a spoonful and close my eyes and dream of warm breezes. So many ways to eat figs I couldnt pick just one.
Katie
Another fan of the spoon method! Join the club! 🙂
David
We make a lot of biscuits in our home, so that would be the first thing I would use it on.
Katie
I heartily approve of biscuits, especially when there are a lot of them!
The Frugal Exerciser
I would put the spreads on my homemade biscuits.
Jennifer H.
I think that the spreads could be delicious as part of a cheese board.
Nutmeg Nanny
These spreads look amazing!
Nora Hamlin
Love to try the fig spreads. Thanks for giveaway.
Marie
I love fig and crackers on a cheese plate!
Margot C
I like to add fig spread or other fruit spread to a cheese board with camembert and gruyere,
Peter @Feed Your Soul Too
What great ideas and a great pic. Thx for sharing.
Michelle Snow
I would try them with cream cheese on bagels. And maybe on pancakes. I love figs.
Susan Young
JillyCakes has a savory cupcake made with figs…very yummy!
Joan Kubes
I’d love to try them with crackers with blue cheese.
Mary O.
It would be delicious warmed and served over ice cream. I would enjoy these by the spoonfuls, too.
jacquie
i would like to make fig newtons
Anne Marie
YUM!! I think these would be great for a fancy Girls Night In!!
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I grew up with a fig tree and miss eating figs off the tree while they were still warm from the sun. Trying to capture that again. I would use the jam baked with cheese inside phyllo dough.
Katie
What a lovely thought. I remember my fig tree when I was a kid- it was in a very sunny spot that would get so hot during the summer!
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Diane G
I too miss eating delicious figs right off the trees I grew up with (sigh)!! I would love to try these jams over ice cream, on pizza, with cheese and crackers, but for me nothing beats fig jam over toasted English muffins! 🙂
Susan Christy
I’d use it to make salad dressing.
Christina Thomas
Figs are fantastic and I don’t know why it always feels so decadent and lavish to eat them. I love these ideas, so simple yet so delicious. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or any day you want to set the mood with your sweetheart. Thank you for sharing. Cheers!
BritishMumUSA
Oh my goodness have not seen one of these since 1989…. We worked in Israel and they had orchards of them….. The farmers wife would take a fig, and put marzipan and a half a walnut in it and service them with a drizzle of honey…. So good…… Mmmmmmmm…..
Katie
I love how food brings back such vivid memories for people!
Wanda
Your picture is absolutely gorgeous! I’m loving all the ideas in the previous comments, they are just making me hungry right now. Looks like there’s no wrong way to eat fig spreads.