3 fig custard Recipes

unbleached all purpose flour, chilled butter , cut into cubes, egg yolk, sugar, salt, sparkling water, well chilled, heavy cream, kosher salt, honey, crumbled gorgonzola or other blue cheese (i used an amish gorgonzola this time), egg yolk, fresh black mission figs (you can also use kadota or brown turkey figs) trimmed and cut in half, egg white, sugar for sprinkling

fresh figs, cut in half (not dried ), fresh ricotta (if not fresh , a container ricotta will work just fine, no low fat though), mascarpone cheese, orange , zest of, egg whites, sugar, balsamic vinegar, salt, orange , segment (from the we zested no peel, just dipped in sugar), spring fresh mint