Affogato

Name: Affogato
Yield: Feeds four
Ingredients: 8 tbsp chilled cognac or liqueur; 300 ml (10 fl oz) hot espresso coffee; 4 or 8 scoops of vanilla bean ice cream

Preparation info

Feeds
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Old Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 1998

About

Further proof that cooking is alchemy. A great magic happens when hot espresso coffee is poured over icy cold ice cream in this Italian creation, literally meaning ‘drowned’. Look for the tell-tale flecks of vanilla bean in your ice cream to prove its quality, or buy the finest coffee-flavoured ice cream for an extra hit of caffeine.

Ingredients

4 or 8 scoops of vanilla bean ice cream
300 ml (10 fl oz) hot espresso coffee

Dessert
Gluten-free
ice cream
Vegetarian

Method

Drop scoops of vanilla bean ice cream into four chilled parfait or cocktail glasses. Pour 4 shot glasses of chilled Cognac or your favourite liqueur (I love Nocello or Frangelico). Make 4 small cups of very hot espresso coffee.

Place 1 glass