Fresh Figs With Ice Cream And Amaretto Chocolate Sauce

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If there is one thing i love, it's a fresh fig! This recipe is from california fresh fig booklet.

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Steps

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Pack 1 / 4 cup vanilla ice cream into each of 8 small paper cups and freeze.

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Preheat oven to 350f.

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Lightly butter baking sheet , then set aside.

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In a small bowl , mix grated chocolate , cookies , almonds , butter honey and amaretto.

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Scopp 2 tablesoons of this mixture onto each fig half.

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Arrange on baking sheet and bake 6 to 7 minutes at 350f.

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For the sauce , combine sugar , water , chocolates and butter in a heavy saucepan.

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Heat on medium , stirring until mixture boils , thickens and is smooth.

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Remove from heat , stir in amaretto liquer.

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To serve , unmold ice cream and and place a stuffed fig on plate.

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Drizzle sauce over the ice cream and fig.

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Serve while filling is still warm.

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Ingredients

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vanilla ice cream, semisweet chocolate, amaretti cookie, roasted almonds, butter, honey, amaretto, fresh figs, sugar, water, unsweetened chocolate squares