Plump Calabrian figs are soaked with rum, filled with a sweet candied cherry and generously coated in rich dark chocolate. Each bite moves from bittersweet chocolate through soft, honeyed fig to the warming rum and bright sweetness of cherry at its centre.
The figs are the prized local Dottato variety, personally selected by our producer from small farms in the hills around Cosenza. Naturally low in seeds, they have beautifully full, succulent flesh and an intensely sweet, almost honeyed flavour. Left to ripen under the Calabrian sun, they begin to dry naturally on the tree before being carefully harvested by hand.
Created especially for Carluccio’s by our family producer in Calabria, what began as an experimental recipe has become one of our most eagerly anticipated Christmas treats.
Rich, fruity and gently boozy, they are particularly good after dinner with an espresso, or perhaps a small glass of rum alongside.
