Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles

Ingredients:

8 fresh figs; halved
1 C dry red wine
1-1/2 T flour
1/4 C raw honey (raw wildflower honey or raw buckwheat honey)
2 cinnamon sticks
4 1oz pieces of dark chocolate melted

Directions:

1. Pour wine into a cold saucepan. Dissolve flour in wine away from heat. Move saucepan to stove top and cook over a medium heat.
2. In a separate pan warm the honey until liquified, add honey and cinnamon sticks to warmed wine mixture, reduce by  half, about 8 minutes.
3. Reduce heat to low, arrange figs in liquid so they are standing.
4. Cover and cook, stir occasionally about 15 minutes or until they are cooked through. Remove from heat and take out cinnamon sticks.
5. To serve pour one ounce of the melted dark chocolate onto center of plate, place 4 fig halves into chocolate, drizzle a small amount of poaching liquid onto figs. Serve with a garnish of your choosing such as mint or a honey cream.