Tortoni - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. toasted almonds
3 Tbsp. melted butter
1 c. finely crushed vanilla wafers
1 tsp. almond extract
6 c. softened vanilla ice cream
12 oz. jar preserves (apricot, strawberry)

Preparation

Mix well the butter, crumbs, almonds and extract.
Set aside 1/4 cup.
Sprinkle 1/2 on bottom of an 8-inch pan.
Put layer of ice cream and 1/2 of the preserves.
Repeat.
Sprinkle 1/4 cup crumbs on top.
Put in freezer.