# I have a jar of fig preserves. What should I do with it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628 "2008-08-02T20:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628/1 "2008-08-02T20:07:51Z")
My husband and I sometimes grab interesting-sounding items at Big Lots to try out, and this is our latest experimental acquisition. I checked [allrecipes.com](http://allrecipes.com) and they had a grand total of ONE recipe using fig preserves (everything else called for fresh or dried), so I wanted to know if you all had some suggestions for how we could use it, other than making fig bars. Put it on toast? Cook chicken with it? I have no idea! Help! ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628/2 "2008-08-02T20:58:46Z")
Use them to baste a pork loin. Or…perhaps top a baked brie… Sounds crazy, but spread with cream cheese “peanut butter and jelly” style on a good whole wheat bread, it might make a very good sandwich. Just my two cents… ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628/3 "2008-08-02T21:07:08Z")
I vote for making an almond butter & fig jelly sandwich on the unconventional bread of your choice. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628/4 "2008-08-02T21:07:53Z")
Make Newtons? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628/5 "2008-08-02T21:29:14Z")
I hope you figure out what to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628/6 "2008-08-02T22:08:07Z")
Simple recipe suggestion: pour over goat cheese. Serve with crackers. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628/7 "2008-08-02T22:36:14Z")
Send it to me. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-jar-of-fig-preserves-what-should-i-do-with-it/458628/8 "2008-08-02T23:49:53Z")
Eat it on toast, either plain or fruit - or might be nice with some crostini and some blue cheese? Simple pear tarts - use some puff pastry cut into rectangles, score a 1cm rim around the outside, layer with sliced pear and brush with the fig conserves as a glaze. Bake and eat with icecream. [Lamb tagine](http://laquet.blogspot.com/2007/06/lamb-and-fig-tagine.html), replacing the dried figs with the preserves, to add a little sweetness? Heated in the microwave, drizzled over icecream, then scatter on some chopped pistachios. [Rice pudding with fig jam](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/recipes/article1933720.ece), and just make the rice pudding since you already have the jam prepared. [Grilled goats cheese with fig jam and basil](http://familystylefood.com/2008/02/grilled-cheese-with-fig-jam-basil-and.html) - sounds interesting, would be worth a try to see if it works as a combination. Baked brie - cut a large round of puff pastry, spread a circle of jam, place brie in centre and fold the pastry around, bake and serve with bread and green salad.