Pickled Figs In Balsamic

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 7 lbs fresh figs
• 2 cups balsamic vinegar
• 1 cup bottled lemon juice
• 3 cups water from the boiled figs
• 1 1/2 cups honey
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 vanilla pod cut in half to expose seeds
• 10 peppercorns, crushed and rough chopped
• 3 allspice berries, crushed and rough chopped
• 4 juniper berries, crushed and chopped
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, broken into half
• meat, and zest strips of 1 lemon discard pith
• 2 cups hulled halved walnuts

Recipe

• 1 place figs in a large pot and cover with boiling water for 3 minutes. cool. drain all but 3 cups of the water. combine the 3 cups water, vinegar, sugar, honey, vanilla, peppercorns, allspice berries, juniper, salt, rosemary, lemon meat and zest strips in a large nonreactive pot. bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• 2 carefully lower the figs into the simmering syrup. simmer uncovered for twenty minutes, add the walnuts. continue simmering for another 10-25 minutes depending on the size of your figs. the liquid should look slightly syrupy and the figs should be a little glossy .
• 3 arrange figs in jars, dividing the goodness in the syrup evenly between them. with a ladle pour the syrup over the figs leaving 1/2 inch of headroom.
• 4 close and seal the jars . process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.