Teen bi Succar - Fig Jam

Name: Teen bi Succar - Fig Jam
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 60 servings
Cuisine: Lebanese Coastal & Mountain
Ingredients: 2 lb figs; 3 cup sugar; 3 cup water; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1.5 tsp anise seed; 1.5 tbsp sesame seeds; 0.25 cup pine nuts; 0.5 cup walnuts

Figs, sesame seeds and pine nuts come together in this Lebanese jam, fragrant with anise and simmered on the stove.

1 hr · Serves 60 · Easy

Method

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Time: Cook 60 min · 60 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Cut the dried figs in small pieces. Dissolve sugar in water and bring to a full boil. Skim off the foam.
2
Add lemon juice. Place figs in the syrup and boil together on a medium flame. Gradually increase the flame, stirring mixture constantly to avoid burning.
3
Add walnuts, pine nuts, sesame seeds and anise seeds and cook on low fire for five minutes stirring constantly.
4
Remove from fire. Stir in mustikah (pectin). Pour into jars. Decorate tops with walnut halves which have been lightly toasted.