Middle Eastern · Dessert

Fig and Orange Compote with Sweet Ricotta

Name: Fig and Orange Compote with Sweet Ricotta
Total time: 21 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 tbsp plain flour; 2 sheets spring roll pastry, about 25 cm square; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1 egg yolk, beaten; 120 g fresh ricotta; 30 g icing sugar, plus a little for dusting; 2 figs; 2 tbsp pistachios, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp walnuts, roughly chopped; 4 tbsp orange juice; 2 cardamom pods; 1 orange, a strip of peel removed, then peeled and sliced; 2 tsp honey; 2 tsp orange flower water

Fresh figs and orange slices in a cardamom and orange blossom syrup, spooned over sweetened ricotta with shards of crisp, fennel-sugared pastry and chopped nuts. Baklava flavours with a fraction of the work.

YieldServes 2
Hands-on18 min
Total21 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

1 tbspplain flour
2 sheetsspring roll pastry, about 25 cm square
1 tspfennel seeds
1 tbspbrown sugar
1egg yolk, beaten
120 gfresh ricotta
30 gicing sugar, plus a little for dusting
2figs
2 tbsppistachios, roughly chopped
2 tbspwalnuts, roughly chopped

Orange blossom syrup

4 tbsporange juice
2cardamom pods
1orange, a strip of peel removed, then peeled and sliced
2 tsphoney
2 tsporange flower water

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Egg
Tree nuts
Walnut
Pistachio
Birds' eggs (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Citrus fruits (any)
Orange
Fig
Fennel
Cardamom
Honey
Lactose
Fructose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crunchy

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop

Season

Fall

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

Under 20 min active
Under 30 min total
Difficulty 2

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: low
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: moderate

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Ingredients

Orange blossom syrup

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