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SHF #35: Today’s the Day!
Date: Sep. 24th 2007
Category: Italian Sweets, Bread, Sugar High Fridays
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Good evening, my friends!
There are just a few hours left before the deadline for SHF #35 passes. Get your entries in by midnight tonight. For those of you that may not make the deadline, just let me know and I’ll see if I can’t give you a bit of a Cream Puff reprieve!
I give you my final creation for SHF #35: The Beatiful Fig.
It’s a sweet focaccia topped with fresh figs and walnuts that have been drizzled with Grand Marnier and sprinkled liberally with brown sugar. Once baked, I blessed each fig with a dollop of mascarpone and then drizzled the entire mess with gorgeous honey!
For those of you that have already contributed to SHF #35, I thank you for your brilliance!
Ciao!
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09/24/07 at 5:37 pm
This focaccia looks and sounds scrumptious!
09/24/07 at 6:31 pm
How beautiful! I’ve never thought of a sweet focaccia with fruit, but it sounds like perfection.
09/24/07 at 6:46 pm
That looks and sounds just divine Ivonne! Thanks for choosing a fabulous theme and I’m so glad I got to participate
Looking forward to the round up…just have to make sure I don’t read it on an empty stomach! 
09/24/07 at 7:32 pm
Mascarpone is a lways a good blessing.
09/24/07 at 7:48 pm
I’m sooo looking forward to the round-up!!
09/24/07 at 7:59 pm
YUM! that sounds fantastic…and very similar to one of my favorite desserts we did while i worked at gotham bar and grill. it was focaccia with fig jam, fresh figs, feta, pinenuts and balsamic. mmmmm
thanks for hosting!
09/25/07 at 12:50 am
smply gogeous. How do you make sweet foccacia
09/25/07 at 12:51 am
simply gorgeous. How do you make sweet foccacia
sorry - no typos
09/25/07 at 6:52 am
oooh, I’ve been waiting for your creation for the SHF #35 contest - gorgeous focaccia, Ivonne!!! and thank you so much again for hosting this month’s SHF, and for picking one of my favorite fruits as the theme :0)
09/25/07 at 10:20 am
That focaccia looks fab. Sadly, I only just started my blog (talk about being behind the eight ball…), so I’m missing out on this SHF :(. But at least I’ll be able to enjoy other people’s results on your beautiful blog!
09/26/07 at 12:51 am
Love this idea of a traditionally savoury recipe turned sweet!!! Plus a nice preview before the round-up is posted
09/26/07 at 11:11 am
wonderful idea ~ i can’t wait to try it. and i love your blog, btw! very inspiring!
09/26/07 at 2:09 pm
Wow, Puff — can’t wait to see all the little figgies!
Your pastries look marvelous. I’m like you…give me my butter! It’s just hard to get the same taste and texture without it.
09/26/07 at 9:12 pm
OMG–that looks fantastic. And here I am on a low-carb day.
09/27/07 at 3:22 am
That looks AMAZING! I love the photo too. =)
Can’t wait for tomorrow!
xoxo
09/27/07 at 9:54 am
You’ve been such a source of inspiration for this SHF Ivonne…luscious sounding foccacia, I wish I could take a bite!
09/27/07 at 9:54 am
You’ve been such a source of inspiration for this SHF Ivonne…luscious sounding foccacia, I wish I could take a bite!
09/28/07 at 3:21 am
That fig looks so beautiful in the focaccia!
09/28/07 at 4:02 am
Wow!
I like the epicurious recipe but I love what you did to it with the figs!
09/30/07 at 5:22 am
What a lovely - and extensive - roundup! Everyone did a wonderful job. Ivonne, you’re a lovely hostess!