The Fig Now Yields Its Charms

Fig and almond cake.
By DAVID TANIS
Published: August 16, 2013

There’s a magnificent century-old fig tree on the farm my friend Bob Cannard has near Sonoma, Calif. It keeps giving fruit year after year. It’s a mammoth of a tree, with thick, gnarled, low branches that span outward, then twist to form a natural gazebo 20 feet in diameter. You don’t climb up the tree so much as step into it to find a place to perch. Moar

Recipes
Fig and Almond Cake
Baked Figs and Goat Cheese
Fig Vinaigrette

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French Caramel Apple Tart

Why This Recipe Works
For an impressive yet effortless French apple tart, we started with two supermarket staples: store-bought pie dough and jarred caramel sauce. The pie dough gave us a light, flaky tart shell, while the caramel sauce provided a sweet, glazy coating for our apple slices. For complexity, we added a bit of vanilla, plus a rather unexpected ingredient: garam masala. Microwaving the apples drove off moisture that would have made the bottom of the crust soggy. Glazing our baked tart with more caramel gave it an elegant shine, and vanilla ice cream made the perfect garnish. Moar