4 fig and torte Recipes

fig newton cookies (about 1 lb), cream cheese, softened, sugar, bananas, sliced, lemon juice, cold milk, instant vanilla pudding mix, chopped pecans, red and green maraschino cherries, well drained

ground wheat crackers such as wheat thins, pine nuts , toasted until golden, cooled, and ground fine, unsalted butter, melted and cooled, cream cheese, softened, mascarpone or sour cream, eggs, homemade basil pesto (recipe follows) or prepared basil pesto, firm-ripe fresh figs (about 16 large), 1 lb cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices, fig preserves, white-wine vinegar, baguettes cut diagonally into thin slices and toasted lightly