This is delicious spread on crackers or a sliced baguette with a smear of blue cheese It can also be used as a topping for a wheel of warm brie Its important to use a good quality aged balsamic vinegar in this recipe
Prep Time
45 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
24
Ingredients
Instructions
Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat; stir onion in the hot oil. Reduce heat to medium-low
cover saucepan
and cook
stirring occasionally
until onion is softened and caramel-colored
20 to 25 minutes.
Stir figs into onion; cook and stir until figs begin to lose their shape and have softened into onion
10 to 15 minutes. Pour balsamic vinegar into fig-onion mixture; cook until all the liquid has evaporated
5 to 10 minutes. Stir sugar
1 tablespoon at a time
into fig-onion mixture until desired sweetness is reached. Serve warm or chilled.