Side Dish Recipe ⋆ Fig and Onion Spread

This is delicious spread on crackers or a sliced baguette with a smear of blue cheese. It can also be used as a topping for a wheel of warm brie. It's important to use a good quality aged balsamic vinegar in this recipe.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 large red onion, chopped
• 2 cups chopped fresh Black Mission figs
• ¼ cup aged balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat; stir onion in the hot oil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover saucepan, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened and caramel-colored, 20 to 25 minutes.
2. Stir figs into onion; cook and stir until figs begin to lose their shape and have softened into onion, 10 to 15 minutes. Pour balsamic vinegar into fig-onion mixture; cook until all the liquid has evaporated, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, into fig-onion mixture until desired sweetness is reached. Serve warm or chilled.

Nutrition Facts

• calories38.2
• carbohydrateContent4.6 g
• fatContent2.3 g
• fiberContent0.5 g
• proteinContent0.2 g
• saturatedFatContent0.3 g
• sodiumContent1.1 mg
• sugarContent3.9 g