Ice Cream Tortoni - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 c. almonds, chopped and toasted
3 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 c. vanilla wafers, crushed
1 tsp. almond extract
3 pt. vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
12 oz. apricot preserves

Preparation

Mix together almonds, butter, crushed vanilla wafers and extract.
Reserve 1/4 cup mixture for topping.
Sprinkle 1/2 of remaining mixture over bottom of a foil-lined 8 x 8-inch pan. Spoon 1/2 of the ice cream over crumbs.
Drizzle with 1/2 of the preserves.
Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
Repeat ice cream and preserves layers.
Sprinkle with reserved 1/4 cup crumbs.
Freeze until ready to serve.
Cut into squares.
Yield: 9 squares.