Fresh Figs With Ice Cream And Amaretto Chocolate Sauce Recipes

FRESH FIGS WITH ICE CREAM AND AMARETTO CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• 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.

FRESH FIG GELATO

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan. Simmer over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat and boil the syrup until it thickens, about 5 minutes. Remove the syrup from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature.
• Mix the puree with the cool syrup, then stir in the "neutral" stabilizing powder, whisking for 5 minutes. (The stabilizing powder prevents ice crystals from forming and helps ensure a smooth textured gelato.) Chill the gelato base thoroughly then process it in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Spoon the gelato into containers and freeze until ready to serve.