Fig and Walnut Yogurt with honey and thyme

Start your day the right way with a bowl of fig and walnut yogurt, honey and thyme. The best way to use fresh, seasonal figs!

Cooking seasonally

Fig season is here again! It doesn’t seem to last very long in the UK but then again the internet tells me figs are actually indigenous to western Asia and are often grown in hot countries like Greece, Spain and parts of Northern Africa, so am I surprised?! We hardly have the weather for them…

Still, they are one of my favourite fruits and when September comes around and they appear back in the shops I’ll be the first one at the till, figs in hand. Fig and Walnut Yogurt with honey and thyme is a great way to celebrate this fresh produce.

Buying the best figs

Unlike a lot of fruits, figs don’t ripen after they’ve been picked so avoid buying unripe figs. You want to go for the fruits that have a rich, deep colour, are plump and soft but no damage on their skin. Stay away from figs that smell sour, they’re likely to be past their best! Rather, they should smell sweet and fragrant.

Once you’ve picked the perfect, ripe fig it’s not going to last long. Pop in the fridge and keep for 2-3 days max. Because they have such a short shelf life they have become a bit of a delicacy. Knowing they are only at their best for such a short space of time means they are all the more special!

Seeing as you have to eat the fruits so damn quickly, you might need a few ideas for what to make with them…

Flavours from Greece

Stepping away from the thought of figs for a second, yogurt drizzled with honey and scattered with walnuts is something that will always remind me of holidays in Greece. It’s a classic Greek dish that is served up for breakfast, as a light snack, and even as pudding. We always have a pot of Greek yogurt in the fridge and find ourselves tucking into it when we’re after something sweet but light.

When fig season comes around I like to add the flesh of the fruit to my Greek yogurt. A sprinkling of thyme (another ingredient often found in Greek food) and some bee pollen takes this fig and walnut yogurt bowl from a simple treat to something a little bit special! It gives an extra layer and complexity of flavour that usual Greek honey with yogurt and walnut just doesn’t have.

You can of course skip the bee pollen if you don’t have any to hand but the thyme makes all the difference!

The Recipe

Fig and Walnut Yogurt with honey and thyme

Emma

Start your morning the right way with a bowl of natural yogurt topped with figs, walnuts, honey and thyme!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine British

Servings 1 person

Calories 436.32 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 2 figs fresh
• 1 cup natural yogurt
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1 handful walnut halves
• 1 tsp bee pollen optional
• 1 sprig thyme fresh

Instructions

 

• Roughly chop the fresh figs and stir into the yogurt with the honey.
• Sprinkled with a handful of chopped walnuts, the bee pollen and leaves off of the spring of thyme.
• Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 436.32kcalCarbohydrates: 84.59gProtein: 10.68gFat: 9.27gSaturated Fat: 5.34gCholesterol: 31.85mgSodium: 120.33mgPotassium: 655.01mgFiber: 3.72gSugar: 81.13gVitamin A: 432.26IUVitamin C: 5.16mgCalcium: 340.26mgIron: 0.95mg

Keyword fig, honey, thyme, walnut, yogurt

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Dried figs out of season

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