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Description

What and Where The Fig belongs to the Moraceae family, home to more than 1,000 types of fruit, from breadfruit to the mulberry. It is native to the Middle East and western Asia. Our figs come from Queensland and, more locally, Mildura and the Yarra Valley. We don’t buy from particular growers; we buy whatever looks best on the day.

Flavour Sweet earthiness, with floral notes

Texture Gentle & grainy

Use There is lots you can do with figs – from turning them into jam, to poaching them with wine to baking them into a tart – but this fruit has such an elegant shape and such beautiful rich colourings it can seem a shame to do too much to it. We opt to simply slice them and add them to a cheese board or a feta and spinach salad or an endive and pecan salad, or, on a weekend, to drizzled them with some honey and serve them with some hot buttered fruit toast and a fresh brew. 

Cooking Tip Like all fruit, figs benefits from being served at room temperature – the fridge’s cold temperature suppresses their sweetness and so their flavour.

Selection and Storage Choose figs that are tender and have a gentle, fragrant aroma. Don’t mind a few wrinkles, by the way, that can be a sign of ripeness. Keep in the fruit bowl or to extend their freshness, in the fridge. 

In Season From January to May our figs come from Victoria; from June to October they come from Queensland where they are grown in glasshouses.

Historic Note The fig, used by Adam and Eve and prized by Cleopatra, is one of the first plants ever cultivated; reportedly in around 9400–9200 BC, 1,000 years before the farming of wheat and barley.

Country of origin

Produce of Australia

Hello,

Home deliveries will be shut on Easter Friday 29/3 as well as Easter Monday 1/4, we will be operating on the Saturday 30/3 with normal delivery hours. 

Our stores will be closed Easter Friday (except Elwood will be open Friday from 7am to 5pm) and Sunday. Saturday and Monday all stores will be open from 7am to 5pm. 

Happy Easter,
From The Leaf Team