Sugar baked figs with orange syrup and cream

Babiche Martens

Syrup

½ cup	Caster sugar
1	Orange, zest and juice
¼ cup	Water

Ingredients

1 Tbsp	Butter
8	Figs
3 Tbsp	Caster sugar
½ cup	Dessert wine
2	Cardamom pods
1	Cinnamon stick
1 to serve	Cream

Directions

1. To make the syrup, place the sugar, zest, juice and water into a small saucepan and boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar then let boil for approximately 15 minutes or until syrupy. Let cool.
2. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a baking dish with the butter. Roll the figs in caster sugar then arrange in the dish.
3. Pour over the wine and add the cardamom and cinnamon. Bake for 25 minutes. Serve the hot figs with the orange syrup and softly whipped cream.