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Ingredients
Cream Cheese with Figs
- Ingredients
- 2 Oganic oranges
- ½ tsp cornstarch
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 2 cloves
- 8 dried Date
- 7 ozs cream cheese
- 7 ozs Yogurt (low-fat)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 2 tsps Shelled pistachio
- 2 fresh Figs
Rinse oranges in hot water, wipe dry and finely grate 1-2 tablespoons zest. Halve oranges and squeeze out juice.
Mix 3 tablespoons orange juice with cornstarch. Combine remaining orange juice with the cinnamon stick and cloves in a pot, add the juice-cornstarch mixture and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and set aside.
Halve dates, remove pits and cut into small cubes. Place in a bowl.
Remove cinnamon stick and cloves from the juice mixture. Pour hot juice mixture over the dates and let cool.
Mix together cream cheese, yogurt, orange zest, ground cinnamon and honey until creamy. Coarsely chop pistachios.
Rinse figs, pat dry and cut into eighths. Divide yogurt mixture among dishes, top with figs and orange-date sauce. Sprinkle with chopped pistachios and serve.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 336 cal. | (16 %) | ||
| Protein | 10 g | (10 %) | ||
| Fat | 18 g | (16 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 31 g | (21 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 3 g | (12 %) | ||
| Roughage | 4.7 g | (16 %) |
Healthy, because
Dried dates can contain up to 70 percent natural sweetness - no extra sugar is needed for the orange-date sauce and cream. Together with the fresh figs, they provide fiber and numerous other bioactive substances, such as B vitamins and potassium for strong nerves.
Even smarter
If it is not fig season (August to October), then you can easily use dried ones, which you can cut into small pieces like dates. In dried fruit, the healthy ingredients are present in concentrated quantities and the fruits are sweeter. If you prepare the cream with goat's cream cheese, the cream gets a slightly spicy aroma.