Ingredients

• 3 cups tawny port
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
• 1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick
• 1 (3-inch) strips orange peel
• 8 whole black peppercorns
• 12 black mission figs, ripe yet firm

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Instructions

1. Combine the port sugar, vanilla pods and seeds, cinnamon, orange peel and peppercorns in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat. Simmer until the liquid has the consistency of a light syrup, about 20 minutes. You will have about 1 1/2 cups of syrup. Add the figs and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and cool the figs in the syrup. Serve the figs in a bowl with their juices spooned over.