Affogato
By Claire
About This Recipe
Affogato means ‘drowned’, which is exactly what you do to a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a strong shot of hot espresso. The pleasure of this classic dessert is the immediacy – the hot meeting the cold and tasting at all stages of melting, first with a
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Method
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Put a scoop of ice cream in four bowls, bearing in mind that the bowls should be small enough for the espresso to form a pool around the ice cream. Give each person a bowl and a freshly-made espresso. Pour the espressos over the ice cream and eat quickly.
Nutritional Information
ice cream
coffee
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