Fresh Figs With Ice Cream and Amaretto Chocolate Sauce |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 9 Minutes |
Ready In: 29 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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If there is one thing I love, it's a fresh fig! This recipe is from California Fresh Fig booklet. Ingredients:
1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened |
1/2 ounce semisweet chocolate, grated |
2/3 cup amaretti cookie, crumbled |
1/4 cup roasted almonds, coarsely chopped |
2 teaspoons butter, melted |
4 teaspoons honey |
2 teaspoons amaretto or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract |
4 fresh figs, halved |
5 tablespoons sugar |
5 tablespoons water |
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares |
2 ounces squares semisweet chocolate |
2 teaspoons butter |
2 teaspoons amaretto or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract |
Directions:
1. Pack 1/4 cup vanilla ice cream into each of 8 small paper cups and freeze.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
3. Lightly butter baking sheet, then set aside.
4. In a small bowl, mix grated chocolate, cookies, almonds, butter honey and amaretto.
5. Scopp 2 Tablesoons of this mixture onto each fig half.
6. Arrange on baking sheet and bake 6 to 7 minutes at 350°F.
7. For the sauce, combine sugar, water, chocolates and butter in a heavy saucepan.
8. Heat on medium, stirring until mixture boils, thickens and is smooth (about 2 minutes.).
9. Remove from heat, stir in amaretto liquer.
10. To serve, unmold ice cream and and place a stuffed fig on plate. Drizzle sauce over the ice cream and fig.
11. Serve while filling is still warm.
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