Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Directions:

Preheat broiler.

Arrange figs, cut sides up, in a large shallow baking pan. Sprinkle sugar evenly over fruit and broil 2 to 3 inches from heat until most of sugar is
melted and deep golden in places, 3 to 5 minutes.

Immediately serve figs over ice cream, drizzled with balsamic vinegar.

To make balsamic syrup:

Pour about 1 cup of good quality balsamic vinegar in a small pot and bring to a boil. Be careful that it doesn’t boil over. Lower the heat to a simmer
and allow the mixture to reduce until it comes to a syrup – when it cools, it should resemble the same consistency of honey. Be very careful, as
once it starts to reduce to the honey like consistency, it can burn easily. I know this very well as it’s happened to me!