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Fig and date tart with cumin-chocolate syrup recipe
Photo: Charisse Kenion

Fig and date tart with cumin-chocolate syrup recipe

11 ingredients 15 min + 30 min 4 people openrecipes

This tart uses my favourite type of pastry, made with cream cheese. It is wonderfully light, flaky and buttery, and melts in the mouth.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1061
Calories
24g
Protein
37g
Fat
156g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Fig 1 medium (50g) 37
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 250 butter, at room temperature
  • g full-fat cream cheese
  • 300 vanilla extract
  • g plain flour
  • 1 egg yolk, for glazing
  • tsp to 8 firm fresh figs
  • 300 to 18 Medjool dates, stones removed
  • g Demerara sugar, to sprinkle
  • 1 golden caster sugar
  • 6 cumin seeds
  • 12 70% dark chocolate, broken into pieces

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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