Ingredients:

• 8 – 10 – Figs
• 1 cup – Orange juice
• 1 tsp – Lemon juice
• 1 cup – soft Brown sugar
• 3 to 4 pinches – Cinnamon powder
• 1/4 tsp – vanilla essence
• For crumble:
• 1.5 cups – plain flour
• 60 g – chilled Butter
• 2 tbsp – sugar, ground
• 2 pinches – salt
• cold water

Method:

1. Make a mixture of orange juice and lemon juice.
2. Put figs in a shallow bowl, sprinkle this juice all over them.
3. Place overnight in refrigerator.
4. Crush soaked figs coarsely in a mixer.
5. Transfer to a greased baking dish.
6. Add sugar, essence and cinnamon and mix well.
7. Spread evenly in the container.
8. Sieve flour with salt, sugar, cut in butter.
9. Mix with fingers or fork till mixture is like large bread crumbs.
10. Sprinkle thickly over fig mixture.
11. Bake in preheated oven at 170 C for 20-25 minutes or till crust is light golden.
12. Cool a little, before serving.
13. Serve with or without sweetened whipped cream swirled on top.

Recipe courtesy of Saroj Kering