Recipe

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• 12 black figs
• 50 g unsalted butter
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp rose water ( this is optional, i'm not a big fan so i leave it out , but it does add to the overall flavour) (optional)
• 1 1/2 tsp orange flower water
• 500 g mascarpone cheese
• 100 g slivered pistachios

• 1 Preheat a grill or oven to the fiercest it will go.
• 2 Quarter the figs, taking care not to cut all the way through to the bottom, so that they open like flowers, and sit them, in a heatproof dish into which they fit snugly.
• 3 Melt the butter in a small saucepan, then add the cinnamon, sugar and flower waters. Stir to combine and pour some into the figs, save a small amount for serving.
• 4 Blister under the hot grill or bake in the oven for a few minutes and then serve; it's that quick. Just give each person a couple of figs on a side-plate.
• 5 Splodge alongside some mascarpone over which you drizzle some of the conker-dark syrup, then sprinkle over some of pistachio. MMMM!