Dried figs are very healthy and they contain an unique combination of vitamins and trace elements. It is enough to eat one handful of dried figs for ten days and you will notice that your facial skin is fresher, your nails and hair will shine and have a healthy appearance, your stomach digestion will improve.
Dried figs are rich in easily digestible fructose, which satisfies your need for sweets, without causing harm to your body like pastry desserts.
The calories in dried figs have a tonic effect and fill the body with vital energy, which does not affect your figure. In dried figs, the beneficial substances do not disappear, but are concentrated and the fruit sugar content increases.
If you want to dry halved figs, wait for them to cool down a bit in the refrigerator before cutting them. When they are soft and warm, a knife will have a hard time cutting through them because they are sticky.
Dip the blade of your knife in hot water from time to time. The easiest way to cut fresh figs in half is to use a large, sharp pair of scissors.
Many fig recipes are made not with fresh figs, but with the dried fruit, because they are much more healthy due to the accumulation of vitamins and minerals due to drying.
Figs are dried in the sun to absorb the heat of the sun's rays. When the first figs ripen, they are picked, dried, spread out on racks and they are covered with a gauze or a thin cloth on top.
The figs are left in the sun for about ten days, then they are crushed slightly so that they take up less space and until they have completely dried, they are left in the shade.
To prevent the figs from becoming inedible in the sun, before they are arranged on the racks, the fruits are dipped for a few seconds in hot sugar syrup.
The figs are arranged next to each other, but so that they do not touch and they must be arranged with the stem upwards. The figs are dried sufficiently when the inside becomes thick like marmalade and the skin is elastic.
The dried figs may be covered with a white coating - these are sugar crystals. Light, not dark, varieties of figs are best for drying.
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