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By Jill Dupleix
Published 1998
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.
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
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Invite quests to pour first the coffee, then the liqueur over the ice cream, and eat it with a spoon while it melts into a dreamy, creamy mess.
© 1998 All rights reserved. Published by Murdoch Books.