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Pain de Figues Spanish fig and almond bread by FINE & WILD, round loaf sliced to show dense texture with visible fig seeds and almond pieces.

Pain de Figues

Sale price£6.00
Net: 250g Dense, firm, sliceable — intensely sweet and fruity

Spanish fig and almond bread — pan de higo — made from 90% dried figs and 10% almonds. No added sugar, no preservatives. Dense, naturally sweet, and intensely fruity. Slice thinly alongside hard aged cheeses, blues or charcuterie
Pain de Figues Spanish fig and almond bread by FINE & WILD, round loaf sliced to show dense texture with visible fig seeds and almond pieces.
Pain de Figues Sale price£6.00

Pain de Figues — pan de higo — a traditional Spanish fig and almond bread made from just two ingredients: 90% dried figs and 10% whole almonds. No added sugar, no preservatives, no flour. The figs are pressed together with the almonds into a dense, firm round that slices cleanly and holds its shape on a board. The sweetness is entirely natural — concentrated fig sugars developed during drying — and the almonds provide crunch and a nutty counterpoint throughout.

This is not bread in the conventional sense. It is closer to a fruit and nut confection — dense, chewy, intensely fruity, with visible fig seeds and almond pieces in every slice. The flavour is pure dried fig: honeyed, caramel-edged, with a gentle warmth. It has been made in Spain for centuries as a way to preserve the fig harvest through the winter, and it remains one of the most useful things you can put on a cheese board.

Slice thinly — it is dense and rich, and a little goes a long way. It pairs particularly well with hard, aged cheeses: Manchego, Parmigiano, Comté, Pecorino, Montgomery Cheddar. The sweetness of the fig against the salt and nuttiness of an aged cheese is one of the best combinations on a board. It also works with blues and with charcuterie.

Origin: Spain

Ingredients: Dried figs 90%, almonds 10%.

Storage: Store in a cool, dry place. Once opened, wrap tightly and keep cool. Keeps well.

Net: 250g

Allergens: Tree nuts (almonds).