Fresh Figs with Fig Leaf Ice Cream, Granita and Syrup

This is a very refreshing dessert to serve in summer when figs are at the height of their season. I recently discovered that fresh leaves from the fig tree contain just as much flavour and probably more perfume than the figs themselves when infused into a liquid. The advantage of using fig leaves is that you can obtain a pure fig flavour without the coarseness of using the fig flesh, and they g