Spice Roasted Figs with Hazelnuts and Vanilla Ice Cream

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A delicious summertime treat with caramelized figs, toasted hazelnuts and vanilla ice cream.

To help celebrate Breyers 150th birthday, I recreated this Spice Roasted Figs with Hazelnuts and Vanilla Ice Cream by Chef Curtis Stone and his wife, Lindsay Price Stone.

Breyers® has actually partnered with Chef Curtis Stone and his wife to create 12 delicious recipes that feature Breyers® Natural Vanilla. Each recipe is inspired by every month of the year! You now have a reason to eat ice cream every month!

I have to admit, I had an interesting time trying to find the figs and hazelnuts for this recipe as they are seasonal ingredients. Figs are in season during June and August-October. I found out that the local and big chain stores only carry figs during these certain times of the year. I made this recipe in early August, so I had to get these two ingredients at a specialty grocery store.

I also had a great learning experience with this recipe. I could only find raw hazelnuts. So I learned how to blanch and toast them myself. If you need to know how to this as well, learn how here.

Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream has a great flavor due to the fact that the vanilla is real and are sustainably farmed, Rainforest Alliance Certified™ vanilla beans. Also, they only source milk cream from cows that are not treated with artificial growth hormones.*

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Spice Roasted Figs with Hazelnuts and Vanilla Ice Cream

Prep 10 mins

Cook 4 mins

Total 14 mins

Author Midwestern Moms

Yield 4 servings

Delicious Spiced Roasted Figs and hazelnuts served over vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon of ground cloves
• 8 ripe figs
• 1 1/3 cups of Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
• 1/4 cup of blanched and toasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped

Instructions

1. Position broiler rack 6 inches from heat source and preheat broiler. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the spices.
3. Halve your figs and place them cut side down into the spices.
4. Then coat figs a second time with sugar mixture and arrange cut side up on baking sheet.
5. Broil the figs for about 4 minutes. They spices should start to caramelize and the fig juices will start to ooze.
6. Divide figs among 4 bowls. Spoon the Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream into each bowl and sprinkle with hazelnuts.

Notes

Figs are best served warm with the ice cream.

Courses Dessert

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*Suppliers of other ingredients such as cookies, candies & sauces may not be able to make this pledge.  The FDA states that no significant difference has been shown between dairy derived from rBST-treated and non-rBST treated cows.