Fresh Figs With Ice Cream And Amaretto Chocolate Sauce

• 1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
• 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
• 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

1. Pack 1/4 cup vanilla ice cream into each of 8 small paper cups and freeze.
2. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F.
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 350u0b0F.
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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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fresh-figs-with-ice-cream-and-amaretto-chocolate-sauce-367810 (may not work)