News24 | Beyond the jam: Six savoury ways to cook with figs right now 

​Fig season in South Africa runs until March, and these gloriously jammy little biological marvels – technically not even fruit, but a syconia packed with hidden flowers – are worth every cent of their punnet price, especially since their natural enzyme, ficin, doubles as a meat tenderiser, which makes them the ultimate savoury ingredient.   

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