Baklava Ice-cream With Honey Poached Figs

Total Time: 24 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 4 liters good quality vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup slivered almonds
• 1 cup pistachios
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup water
• 3/4 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 375 g dried figs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200 degree c.
• 2 spread the nuts onto a baking tray and cook for about 10 minutes, just until the nuts are golden and toasted.
• 3 cool.
• 4 grease and line two 6 1/2 cm deep loaf pans.
• 5 stand ice cream at room temperature to soften, just so that it's workable-not melted.
• 6 roughly chop the cooled nuts.
• 7 add the cinnamon and sugar to the nuts and stir to combine.
• 8 place 1 litre of the ice-cream into each loaf pan and spread evenly.
• 9 sprinkle each with 1 cup of nut mixture.
• 10 top with the remaining litre of ice-cream in each pan and top each with the remaining nuts, pressing the nuts on so that they stick in the ice-cream.
• 11 wrap each pan with plastic wrap and then a layer of foil.
• 12 freeze for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• 13 to make the honey figs bring the water, honey and cinnamon to the boil in a saucepan.
• 14 reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• 15 add the figs and cook another 15 minutes.
• 16 cool slightly, transfer to a container and refridgerate for at least 2 hours.
• 17 to serve, slice the ice-cream and serve topped with some figs and drizzled with the syrup.