News24 | Beyond the jam: Six savoury ways to cook with figs right now

2026-02-26 - 10:13

Fig season in South Africa runs until March, and these gloriously jammy little biological marvels - technically not even fruit, but a syconia packed with hidden flowers - are worth every cent of their punnet price, especially since their natural enzyme, ficin, doubles as a meat tenderiser, which makes them the ultimate savoury ingredient.