Preheat the oven to 180C. Place fig halves, cut side up, in an ovenproof dish. Pour in dessert wine and add peppercorns. Drizzle the 2 tbsp honey over figs and bake in oven for about 15 minutes until tender. Remove figs from their liquid and cool. Place liquid in a saucepan and boil on moderate flame until liquid has reduced by two-thirds. Chill in refrigerator. To serve, place three or four fig halves in a bowl accompanied by a scoop of vanilla gelato. Add some of the reduced syrup and drizzle with teaspoon of the remaining honey.