Cosi di Fico

[cgronlund]

Today we made cosi di fico (Sicilian fig cakes). Italians make fig cookies this time of the year...it's just what we do. Most fig cookies I've seen are sort of Fig Newtonlike, with some families frosting and decorating the cookies. (A good friend's family makes them like that, and they are mighty good fig cookies

Comments

[toarthos]

Impressive doesnt begin to describe it...holy moly. where do you get the figs? i have a meat grinder attachment to my hobart and since i dont cook cow i dont have a use for it...the fig thing would be perfect...

[goth_poser_guy]

huh...huh..huhhh
He said meat grinder!

[toarthos]

huh huh ...
no YOU said meat grinder

huh huh

[cgronlund]

Hours of grinding and kneading going on this past weekend... ;)

[cgronlund]

So now you know what I was talking about Saturday night :)

And a powered grinder sounds nice. Although dragging out the old grinder is fun.

I used to complain about how hard it is grinding things by hand (almonds especially). Then my mom reminded me they not only got stuck with the grinding task, but they had to crack the nuts themselves on top of everything else!