3 fresh figs and pasta Recipes

bucatini pasta, sliced pancetta, chopped (about 1 cup), shallots, minced, garlic clove, minced, heavy cream, freshly grated parmesan cheese, fresh figs, quartered, torn basil leaves

stewing beef , cut into 1/2-in/12-mm cubes, chopped celery stalks , tender green parts and leaves only, onion, finely chopped, loosely packed, finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, loosely packed, finely chopped fresh cilantro, butter , smen, or olive oil, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, salt and freshly ground black pepper, two 14-oz/410-g cans peeled whole tomatoes, seeded and pureed with all the juices, tomato paste, canned chickpeas, rinsed, all-purpose flour, juice of 1 lemon, vermicelli or angel hair pasta, broken into 3/4-in/2-cm lengths, lemon, cut into wedges, dates , preferably mejhoul, dried figs