Fig & Pomegranate Preserve
Serves 16 15 min prep 35 min cook
Ripe figs and ruby pomegranate combine in a sophisticated preserve that remains perfectly at home on a South African cheese board.
Ingredients
- 750 g ripe figs, quartered
- 250 g pomegranate arils
- 600 g white sugar
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 100 ml pomegranate juice
Method
- Place the figs, sugar and pomegranate juice in a saucepan.
- Allow to stand for 20 minutes.
- Heat slowly until the sugar dissolves.
- Simmer until the figs soften and the syrup begins to thicken.
- Add the pomegranate arils.
- Cook for another 5 to 10 minutes.
- Add lemon juice and test for setting point.
- Bottle hot.