Join us in welcoming the newest winner, runner-up, and editors' picks from our latest contest, Your Best Recipe for Fresh Figs. From a honeyed, hazelnut-flecked, free-form fig tart to a savory fig and bacon pasta, these recipes breathe new life into the fragile and fleeting existence of fresh fall figs. Click through to the recipes to read our recipe testers' comments, which appear in the notes section at the top.

Winner 

Spiced Moroccan Figs by aargersi 

Runner-up

Fresh Fig and Hazelnut Galette by hardlikearmour

Editors' Picks

Pasta with Caramelized Onions, Roasted Balsamic Figs, Bacon and Goat Cheese (pictured below)
Fig, Balsamic, and Rosemary Hand Pies

Congratulations, everyone! We can't wait to see what you come up with next!

Photos by Joseph De Leo, styled by Mariya Yufest.

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