Pasta with Sausage and Black Figs

Figs, with their jam-like sweetness, add pizzazz to the sausage, building a smoky, and deeply satisfying pasta dish. This recipe is from Caneva, a community in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region in northern Italy renowned for its delicious black figs, figo moro. 

The area’s climate combined with the soil’s particular minerality creates one of Italy’s most highly sought-after figs, rich in flavor and with a soft, delicious skin. The figs are characterized by their exceptionall