Smoothie - Fig + Rose
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Smoothie - Fig + Rose
6 ripe black figs (about 250 grams or 9 ounces) (see note 1)
2 or 3 large oranges, to yield about 250 ml or 1 cup juice
2 teaspoons rose water, plus more to taste (see note 2)
Serves 2.
Remove the very tip of the fig stems and quarter the figs.
Juice the oranges.
Combine the quartered figs, orange juice, and rose water in
a blender, and whizz until smooth.
Taste, and add a little more rose water if desired.
Note 1:
If the figs you have are not very sweet, throw in a dried
fig (preferably a baglama fig from Turkey), rehydrated
overnight in a bowl of very hot water. It�s okay to use
frozen (but thawed) figs; in France, they�re available
from Picard stores, for instance.
Note 2:
Depending on the potency of your rosewater, you may want
to start with a gingerly amount (reader Meredith suggested
1/2 teaspoon) and work your way up from there. I use an
all-natural rose water made in Lebanon by a company called
MyMoun�. I buy it at La Grande �picerie; their orange
flower water is great, too. Rose syrup can be substituted.
The smoothie will be a bit sweeter then.
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