RECIPE: Ginger, California Walnut and Fig Loaf
This Christmas fill the house with the smell of festive baking with California Walnuts. Treat your visitors to a slice of Ginger, California Walnut and Fig Loaf with their cup of tea!
Ingredients
- 200g unsalted butter
- 2 stem ginger, finely chopped + 3 tbsp syrup
- 100g dark brown soft sugar
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 large eggs
- 200g self raising flour
- 75g California Walnuts, chopped + 6 whole Walnuts
Method
Preheat the oven to 170oC, gas mark 3. Grease and line a 900g loaf tin.
Place the butter, 2 tbsp ginger syrup, sugar, stem and ground ginger in a medium saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Boil for 1 minute then allow to cool.
Beat the eggs into the butter mixture along with the flour and 75g chopped Walnuts. Transfer to the prepared tin. Top with the halved figs, cut side up and whole Walnuts.
Bake for 45-50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool before upturning onto a cooling rack. Brush with a little stem ginger syrup.
Cooks tip:
Substitute fresh for dried figs when out of season.
