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Brevas con Arequipe (Colombian-Style Figs Stuffed with Dulce de Leche)

By Erica Dinho 12 Comments

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Brevas con Arequipe

Brevas con Arequipe are a popular dessert in Colombia and a favorite in my family. My grandmother and mom made these as far back as I can remember. Mamita used to make pounds of Brevas con Arequipe and keep them in glass containers and give them to her kids to take home.

This will be a great treat to give for Valentine’s Day. In Colombia you’ll find Brevas con Arequipe at the supermarkets and we usually serve them with fresh cheese on the side. I absolutely love this simple and delicious traditional Colombian dessert!

Buen provecho!

brevas con arequipe y queso

Ingredients

  • 24 brevas or figs in syrup
  • 1 cup of homemade or store bought arequipe or dulce de leche
  • Queso Fresco of fresh cheese for serving

brevas rellenas de arequipe

Directions

  1. Cut the figs crosswise from the top, halfway down.
  2. Create an opening and scoop about 3 teaspoons of arequipe into the opening.
  3. Serve them with fresh cheese or place the in a glass jar and store up to 4 days.
  4. figs

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Filed Under: Appetizers and Snacks, Desserts Tagged With: Kid friendly, Sweets, Traditional Colombian

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Comments

  1. Belinda @zomppa says

    January 19, 2012 at 4:19 PM

    What a beautiful, and perfectly sweet treet!

    Reply
  2. anh@anhsfoodblog.com says

    January 19, 2012 at 4:43 PM

    omg! I wish I could taste this, now! Amazing dessert!

    Reply
  3. grace says

    January 20, 2012 at 7:11 PM

    you can make anything better by stuffing it with dulce de leche! this is a lovely creation, erica. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Erica says

    January 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM

    Thank you everyone!

    Reply
  5. norma says

    February 17, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    Erica…you are killing me….go brevas and dulce de leche..bringing it over to a party tonight….

    Reply
  6. Kaylee says

    February 10, 2014 at 5:32 PM

    What type of fresh cheese goes well with this recipe?
    Gracias!

    Reply
    • Erica Dinho says

      February 10, 2014 at 10:20 PM

      Queso fresco,farmer cheese or queso blanco.

      Reply
  7. Anonymous says

    August 25, 2015 at 11:33 PM

    I remember “brevas con arequipe” from my childhood very well. I think it’s about time I had them again! What I remember most about “brevas,” however, is the fig tree we used to have in our backyard. I was a latchkey kid, and sometimes I would forget my key. I would spend the afternoon eating figs straight off the tree until my mom got home.

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  8. Leonor Murphy says

    August 27, 2016 at 5:21 PM

    Help Erica, I have a fig tree with about three dozen brevas, I want to make dulce de brevas but need to know this, Do I use green brevas or ripe ones? Your picture shows ripe ones, bu I remember them been green. My brevas are maturing slowly, about one every two days.
    Leonor
    8/27/16

    Reply
    • Erica Dinho says

      August 30, 2016 at 5:04 PM

      I didn’t find green figs, so I used ripe. You can use both.

      Reply
  9. Oscar Ferreira says

    June 1, 2017 at 6:48 PM

    Erica, as a kid living in Bogota I was literally weaned off of Brevas con ariquipe!!! How about those bocadillos velenos, mantecadas, el mazato, etc. What delicious “goodies” we enjoyed growing up in Colombia!!

    Reply
  10. Luis Enrique Chaves-Pardo says

    August 17, 2018 at 4:34 PM

    My neighbor just gave me a basket filled with big and green figs. I like to make brevas con arequipe pero no sé si las brevas se cocinan?
    Recuerdo bien comerlas de chico de cualquier pastelería en Bogotá.

    Reply

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