Creamy fig pasta with lemon & rosemary

[Disco]

Serves 4

20 gm butter
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp finely chopped rosemary
1 red chilli deseeded and finely chopped
12 ripe black figs, quartered
zest and juice of 1 lemon
tagliatelle
50 gm gorgonzola or dolcelatte cheese (I use whatever I've got; this time it was shropshire blue)
100 ml double cream
50 gm parmesan grated

bring a large pan of salted water to the boil.

In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the butter and fry the garlic, rosemary and chilli for 1 minute. Top and tail the figs, cut into quarters and place flesh side down in the pan. Cook for a couple of minutes, then turn them over and allow them to break down.

Add the lemon zest and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.

When the water is boiling, add the pasta and cook for about 5 minutes or until al dente.

Add the cheese to the figs and allow it to melt. Add the cream and simmer gently to reduce, before stirring in half lemon juice and half of the grated parmesan.

Taste the cream sauce, it will be sweet and rich, hot, sour and salty. the lemon will cut the richness so that it is not too cloying. The blue cheese gives a depth to the flavour. Adjust the seasoning accordingly.

Strain the pasta and mix in the pasta sauce. season with lots of black pepper , the remaining lemon juice and grated parmesan.

[Ella77]

Your picture of this looked gorgeous.

[Disco]

Thank you. I really could eat it all again (all 115g of pasta of it :fatpig: )

[Bastian]

Thanks, dood. I will do this this week.

[emma_p]

It looks amazing. I don't usually like creamy pasta sauces but the blue cheese and the fig, chilli, lemon and rosemary sound like they'd balance it out. Perfect autumn food!

[Pippedydeadeye]

I keep meaning to try this again. Cheers for the reminder!

[Morganna]

That sounds divine

Is the picture on the real life food thread?

[Disco]

Yes, the lemon definitely cuts through the richness and the chilli makes it a lovely heat.

[Florin]

That sounds well lush

[Disco]

Is the picture on the real life food thread?

Yes. It's not a great picture, mind you.

[elena]

Yum - worth breaking the diet for so we'll definitely be trying that

[absley]

this sounds wrongful (i love predictive text!) diccers. I can't remember if I've done it before so I need to try it regardless.

[Jet]

My mouth watered so much I nearly drooled.

[Slanket]

[Texaco Shirley]

That sounds amazing

[Pippedydeadeye]

Thanks for reminding me of this, I have just eaten it and wish I could eat it all over again.

[Disco]

Oh good! Glad you enjoyed it. We are swapping dinners a bit this week.

[Lily]

Oh my God. That sounds amazing. I need to go back to Waitrose and get some figs.

[Lily]

Made it last night for Bruv and it got the thumbs up. Delicious and so quick and easy. Thank you!

[fancypants]

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