Dried figs ensure that your favorite fruit is available year round. They’re great as is, but sometimes you want a softer texture or perhaps infusing aromatics into the fruit. But, how to rehydrate dried figs? And is that the same thing as poaching figs? Learn more below.
How to Rehydrate Dried Figs
The first thing to know is that the liquid used for rehydrating figs should be hot. This helps penetrate the cellular walls of the fruit. Some recipes will recommend simmering the fruit in the infusing liquid for a short period of time.
Most of the time though, rehydrating figs happens by adding dried figs into hot liquid, set off-heat to steep for a period of time. Here are a few recipes that use the method of rehydrating figs.
- Joanne Weir’s Spiced Fig Ginger Hot Toddy
- Joanne Weir’s Freekeh Pilaf with Figs + Walnuts
Poaching Figs vs Rehydrating Figs
The biggest difference here is that poaching figs is simmering them for a longer period of time in syrup or wine or another liquid. Here are two recipes that use this particular technique of poaching figs.
- Joanne Weir’s Sweet White Wine Honey Poached Figs with Labneh
- Alice Medrich’s Vanilla Bean Yogurt Tart with Fig Compote