What Is Fig leaf and How Can I Use It?

If fig leaf has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 1 recipe to try it in.

In Chinese:

遮羞布

British (UK) term:

Fig leaf

en français:

feuille de figuier

en español:

hoja de higo

Recipes using fig leaf

There are 1 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Delicious Snail Omelette

French snail omelette with escargot simmered in fennel and fig leaf, then folded into a fluffy whipped-white omelette. A rustic Poitou farmhouse classic.

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