I would look for a recipe for strawberry sorbet and make it with figs instead.
Linda C

FRESH FIG ICE CREAM
8 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 qt milk
1 qt cream or half-and-half
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1 qt peeled fresh figs

Beat the eggs in a blender until thick & lemon colored. Blend in the sugar. Combine w/the milk & cream in a large double boiler & cook over simmering water until the custard is thick, stirring all the while it's being cooked. Remove from the heat, add the vanilla & salt & fold in 1 qt of slightly mashed figs. Process in an ice cream freezer.~~