Fresh Figs With Ice Cream and Amaretto Chocolate Sauce
"If there is one thing I love, it's a fresh fig! This recipe is from California Fresh Fig booklet."
- Ready In:
- 29mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
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Filling
- 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
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Amaretto Chocolate Sauce
- 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
- Pack 1/4 cup vanilla ice cream into each of 8 small paper cups and freeze.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Lightly butter baking sheet, then set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix grated chocolate, cookies, almonds, butter honey and amaretto.
- Scopp 2 Tablesoons of this mixture onto each fig half.
- Arrange on baking sheet and bake 6 to 7 minutes at 350°F.
- For the sauce, combine sugar, water, chocolates and butter in a heavy saucepan.
- Heat on medium, stirring until mixture boils, thickens and is smooth (about 2 minutes.).
- Remove from heat, stir in amaretto liquer.
- To serve, unmold ice cream and and place a stuffed fig on plate. Drizzle sauce over the ice cream and fig.
- Serve while filling is still warm.
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Reviews
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What delight! My only issue here is; how can 4 figs ever be enough for 8 persons? At least 1 is required for each person, if not more. There is enough crumb topping and luscious sauce to go with more than just 4 figs. And if in rush or feeling lazy, no need to bother with the crumb topping or oven, it's perfect without it.
