Thank You, Terry Walters

It was a pleasure having Terry Walters come to the Beet during Chester's annual Holiday Night Festival, on December 7th, to talk about healthy living and demonstrate a quick and easy recipe for entertaining - Shallot Fig Spread (recipe follows). 

Terry is the author of two well-received and innovative cookbooks that incorporate a "clean" approach to eating, Clean Food and her latest, Clean Start: A Seasonal Guide to Eating Close to the Source.  Clean Food has been on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list and received a World Gourmand Cookbook Award for Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the United States. 

She is a graduate of the School of Integrative Nutrition.

 

Here's the recipe: 

Shallot Fig Spread

1 cup dried Turkish figs (about 12)
2 cups water
7 shallots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
Zest of 1 large orange
Juice of 2 oranges
2 tablespoons maple syrup

Discard tough stem ends from figs and cut fruit into halves. Place in small pot over medium-high heat with 2 cups water and bring to boil. Simmer until liquid is reduced to a half cup (20 minutes). Remove from heat and set aside.