Fresh Fig Compote - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
6 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
8 fresh figs, peeled and halved
3 tablespoons Curacao (not the blue kind)

Preparation

In a saucepan over medium heat, add the sugar, water, orange juice, and orance zest; stir to combine.
Simmer for 5 minutes.
Add in the figs and cook for about 2 minutes or until soft, turn once.
Add curacao and stir to mix.
Cool and serve in sherbert dishes.