In our apartment's backyard, there are three fig trees. The fruit ripens in mid- to late summer, and the figs have already begun to drop. I'm determined to make better use of them than I have in the last few summers; today, I picked a pound or two and made a fresh fig cake (the batter is delicious, and I can imagine substituting any number of seasonal fruits for figs throughout the year).
I'm looking for other recipes -- roasted figs, or figs with cheese (goat cheese, mascarpone), seem like the usual suspects. I also like the looks of the figgy buckwheat scones at 101 Cookbooks; is there anything else I'm missing out on?
