Tag: Fig season

While most people associate figs with late summer, many fig trees actually produce two separate crops in a single year. The first, a smaller harvest known as the 'breba crop', arrives in early summer, followed by the main harvest in late summer through fall.

According to simple, traditional recipes, the answer to "what are the three ingredients in fig jam?" is simply fresh figs, granulated sugar, and lemon juice. The natural sweetness of the figs combined with the preservative and gelling properties of sugar and lemon juice creates a rich and deeply flavorful jam without the need for additional pectin.

Fig skins are perfectly edible, and a study on rats found that fig extracts helped lower blood pressure. The skins, along with the flesh, offer a range of health benefits, including antioxidants and dietary fiber. Many people wonder, 'Do you eat the skin on figs?' and the simple answer is that you can and should, unless you have a textural preference against it.