Stonewall Kitchen makes a wonderful Vidalia Onion Fig Sauce, and I remembered loving it several years ago, but I haven't seen it in the market lately, and decided to make my own. I was making a small batch and didn't have any Vidalia onion, so I winged it and used shallot.
Ingredients
extra virgin olive oil
1 shallot, finely chopped
1/2 cup dried figs, diced
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sherry
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water or more
Heat oil in a small saucepan and sweat the shallots until translucent. Add dried figs, sugar, sherry and soy, and simmer on medium heat until figs are heated through and beginning to break down. Add water, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until liquid is reduced by half. If necessary, use an immersion blender to further break down the figs.
I was surprised, even though I have no idea how Stonewall Kitchen makes their fig sauce, the sauce I made had a very similar flavor. I used it on halibut, and a pork loin roast. Delicious!
Do you ever try to recreate the foods you've enjoyed in the past without having a recipe?
Yum! What a success! It usually takes me a few tries to match a flavor when I don't have a recipe.
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