Many years ago while on holiday in Rome, I had the most delicious dessert, a perfect scoop of vanilla gelato immersed in a shot of piping hot espresso. Called affogato, Italian for "drowned", this simple dessert has a wonderful complexity. Affogato is a study in contrasts: freezing cold and piping hot, intensely bitter but ever so sweet, deep, dark melding with creamy lightness. Versatile, sophisticated and ridiculously easy to make, drown yourself in a dish of affogato tonight.
Freeze the cups you plan to serve the dessert in for 20 minutes or longer. Prepare a fresh pot of hot espresso coffee. Scoop gelato into cups and top with a shot of hot espresso. For dinner parties, I like to add a splash of Grand Marnier or Amaretto liquor.
While vanilla gelato is traditional, chocolate, pistachio or caramel would be delicious too.
2 comments:
Delicioso!
That dessert looks divine! Thanks so much for stopping by Ragland Hill Social. I really appreciate it. I just love your blog and can't wait for more inspiring posts. You're the best.
Gwen
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