Recipe video above. The world's fastest and smartest dessert, courtesy of the Italians. This is what you make when you claim you're too full dessert! It's coffee, dessert and optional after dinner drink, all rolled into one. Genius.Hot coffee and melty gelato or ice cream is a match made in heaven.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Total Time5 minutesmins
Course: Cocktail, Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: affogato, affogato al caffe, coffee dessert, italian dessert
Servings: 1
Calories: 183cal
Author: Nagi
Ingredients
1 large or 2 small(ish)scoopsvanilla gelato or ice cream (Note 1)
1tbspfrangelico, amaretto or other liquor(optional) - Note 3
Instructions
Put ice cream in glass suitable for affogato eating (Note 4).
Place shot of espresso and liquor (if using) on the side.
Pour the hot espresso then liquor over the ice cream. Enjoy swirls of melty ice cream blending into the coffee. Dig in immediately!
Notes
1. Gelato is traditional, ice cream is perfectly acceptable. Vanilla is the classic flavour and a dead-set perfect match with coffee flavour. However, feel free to use any flavour you want!2. Espresso (short black) - Make sure it's hot (so it melts the ice cream) and strong (so your ice cream coffee "soup" isn't weak and bland)3. Liquor - Kahlua, sambuca, rum and Bailey's are also common offerings. Use what you know works with coffee!4. Glass - Fancy restaurants use shallow cocktail glasses which I find impractical and poontsy, just for show. I like the glass taller than wider so you can dig in. Try to find one not too tall, it's easier to eat out of.5. Optional extras (not traditional, but nobody can stop you!)
Biscotti (excellent for dunking)
Chocolate shavings - use microplane or potato peeler
Whipped cream
Melted chocolate - on ice cream
Nuts - roughly chopped pistacchio and hazelnuts on theme
Leftovers - nobody keeps half eaten melted affogato, do they??Nutrition per serving, assumes 1/2 cup of ice cream which is a little on the generous side.