Les Confitures à l'Ancienne Fig Jam

Sweet, rounded fig jam made in France. A natural partner for Brie, goat cheese and aged cheeses, it also earns a place at breakfast on buttered toast or stirred into thick yogurt.

About Les Confitures à l’Ancienne

Les Confitures à l’Ancienne is the traditional line of Maison Andrésy, which calls itself the oldest professional jam-maker in France. René and Jocelyne Walther began in 1952, cooking fruit from the orchards around Andrésy, west of Paris, and selling it at the markets; their grandchildren run the house today, in Maurecourt in the Yvelines, and still cook in copper cauldrons with cane sugar. Four ingredients here: figs, cane sugar, lemon and pectin.

How to enjoy

• Serve with Manchego, goat cheese or blue cheese
• Spread over toast, croissants and breakfast pastries
• Use as a glaze or accompaniment for roast pork and turkey

Details

• Net weight: 9.5 oz (270 g)
• Origin: Maurecourt, France
• Refrigerate after opening

Ingredients

Cane sugar, figs, concentrated lemon juice and fruit pectin. May contain traces of nuts and milk.

Questions

Why fig with cheese? Sweetness and seeds against salt and fat: fig jam is the classic French answer to a hard cheese or a blue, and it makes a modest board look intentional.

Copper cauldrons? They heat fast and evenly, so the fruit cooks briefly and keeps its color and taste.

Confiture or confit? This is confiture, fruit and sugar; the flower confits are jellies. The difference, explained.

Pairs with

The Laguiole cheese set; Drinks Bakery biscuits; the wild strawberry for the breakfast side. More honeys, confitures and flower confits.

Lello’s Point of View

Why we chose it. Fig jam may be the most useful jar on a cheese board. Sweet fruit, tiny seeds and deep flavor can stand beside Brie, chèvre, Manchego or blue cheese without disappearing.

What it makes better. It gives a modest cheese plate the sweet counterpoint that makes the whole board feel planned, and then goes back to work on toast the next morning.

How we would use it. One small spoonful beside cheese, not spread over everything. Add good crackers and let guests decide the ratio.

Who will love it. Cheese people, French-food enthusiasts, hosts and anyone who wants one preserve that reliably works from breakfast through cocktail hour.

Why it earns its place. Made in France by Maison Andrésy’s traditional line with figs, cane sugar, lemon and pectin, this is classic confiture with a very clear job at the table.