Pig & Fig Sundae
Author: Adapted from Elaine Hesser's blog, “Lainie’s Last Stand”
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 4
- Vanilla ice cream
- 5 slices of thick-cut bacon
- 1/2 cup mission figs cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1/2 cup sweet apples (like Gala) cut into bite-sized chunks
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 5 tablespoons brown sugar (3 TBSP for sauce, 2 TBSP for sprinkling over bacon)
- Pinch of salt
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place the figs and apples into a small saucepan and add water to cover the fruit about halfway.
- Stir in the maple syrup, brown sugar and salt.
- Bring to a boil and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 15-20 minutes or until the figs are falling apart and the apples are tender.
- Remove the fruit and keep the liquid simmering over medium-low heat until it’s thick and syrupy.
- Set aside and allow to cool.
- Meanwhile, spread out the bacon on baker's half sheet.
- Bake in oven at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle with brown sugar, then return to the oven for about 5 minutes.
- Remove bacon from half sheet and lay on paper towel to drain and cool.
- Chop or crumble the bacon into bits.
- Scoop the ice cream into a dish, top with the fruit and syrup and sprinkle on the candied bacon bits.
Recipe by The Bacon Hunter at https://thebaconhunter.com/?p=1457
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