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!
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
Directions
- Cut the figs crosswise from the top, halfway down.
- Create an opening and scoop about 3 teaspoons of arequipe into the opening.
- Serve them with fresh cheese or place the in a glass jar and store up to 4 days.
Belinda @zomppa says
What a beautiful, and perfectly sweet treet!
anh@anhsfoodblog.com says
omg! I wish I could taste this, now! Amazing dessert!
grace says
you can make anything better by stuffing it with dulce de leche! this is a lovely creation, erica. 🙂
Erica says
Thank you everyone!
norma says
Erica…you are killing me….go brevas and dulce de leche..bringing it over to a party tonight….
Kaylee says
What type of fresh cheese goes well with this recipe?
Gracias!
Erica Dinho says
Queso fresco,farmer cheese or queso blanco.
Anonymous says
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.
Leonor Murphy says
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
Erica Dinho says
I didn’t find green figs, so I used ripe. You can use both.
Oscar Ferreira says
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!!