Honey-Baked Figs with Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter cold cut into 12 pieces
• 12  figs fresh
• 4 teaspoons honey 
• 1.5 teaspoons olive oil 
• 1 pint whipped cream 
• 2 tablespoons water 

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• baking pan

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 42
2. Cut the stems off the figs. Rub the oil over the figs and put them in a baking pan, stem-side up.
3. Cut a cross in the top of each fig, cutting almost to the bottom.
4. Drizzle the honey over the figs. Top each one with a piece of the butter.
5. Bake the figs until they open up like flowers, 8 to 10 minutes.
6. Remove the pan from the oven.
7. Put the figs on plates, add the water to the pan, return the pan to the oven for 1 minute, and then stir to make a sauce.
8. Drizzle the sauce over the warm figs and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side.
9. Sprinkle one-half cup chopped walnuts or pistachios over the figs after the first seven minutes of cooking.