FRESH FIGS WITH ICE CREAM AND AMARETTO CHOCOLATE SAUCE

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Make and share this Fresh Figs With Ice Cream and Amaretto Chocolate Sauce recipe from Food.com.

Provided by ThatSouthernBelle

Categories Dessert

Time 29m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

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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

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.

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