Like the increasingly ubiquitous practice of putting a new restaurant through a lengthy “soft opening” trial run, summer is merely a warm-up for the fig’s splashy fall showing. The season ...

Add the tamarind and sugar together in a pan. 2. Cook it on a low heat and keep stirring. 3. Pour in 50 ml of water and cook it until the tamarind and sugar combine together to give it a glazing ...

Place one roasted fig on top of each pile of rocket. Drizzle over the balsamic glaze and olive oil and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Take this recipe for roast turkey with figs, port and Seville orange marmalade. It’s the centrepiece reimagined, the sweet and tangy glaze lifting the bird into new realms of flavour ...