Chocolate Hazelnut Affogato
Since we began the week with cookies, it seems only fitting that we should continue on to ice cream. No, I am not single-handedly trying to wreck any resolutions you have for healthy eating. I think of myself more as the Ambassador of Pleasure, reminding you that every day should have its moments of unadulterated delight, whether that should come in the form of a quiet snowy walk, a tea date with a friend, or, you know, ice cream.
And what’s better than a bowl of ice cream following supper? Since you ask, I can say with the utmost certainty the answer is ice cream drowned in espresso and topped with whipped cream. My better half and I ate this on New Year’s Eve when we knew our energy reserves would be running dangerously low for the ball-drop. (Little did I know then that J. Lo’s sheery spangly catsuit would jolt me right awake.) Coffee fiend that I am, I expected something delicious. But I did not suspect that I would be struck dumb, awash in the saporous delight of my absolute new favorite dessert. The espresso tempers the sweetness of the ice cream and the whipped cream is just to be ridiculous. It play its part well.
Chocolate Hazelnut Affogato
Serves 1
If you can’t get your hands on a chocolate hazelnut gelato, I think plain chocolate or coffee ice cream or gelato would also be terrific.
1/3 cup brewed espresso or very strong coffee
1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut gelato
2 tablespoons freshly whipped cream
Scoop gelato into a short glass. Pour over espresso. Top with whipped cream. Eat in silent rapture.
mrsB: oh my!!!! and I am still thinking about (craving) the peanut buttercup cookies! x happy new year!! x2 years ago
Karen: Yum…. this looks absolutely decadent and oh so delicious. I will try this soon. Thanks for posting the recipe for this delightful treat!
Loved the reference to the spangly catsuit…. ha!2 years ago
Rebecca: Please continue to be an “Ambassador of Pleasure” – I love being reminded to indulge in something special every day
I’ve really enjoyed your blog!2 years ago
Suzanne F.: I’m going to have to make this…it just might supplant my newest favorite…the ‘White Chocolate, Whipped Cream & Raspberry Trifle’ that I made for dessert on Christmas. p.s. I didn’t think it was a great look for J.Lo, it bunched up in the wrong places!2 years ago
Phoo-D: Drool…this looks incredible. We always laugh when saying affogato, pronouncing it by drawing it out saying, “Ah-fogat-oh”. Such a brilliant dessert and name!2 years ago
Mrs B, The cookies are truly worth making. And then move on to this. Or have them both in one crazy, decadent night.
Karen, So easy, and worth of a try. Wasn’t that catsuit something else? I couldn’t stop talking about it!
Rebecca, Yes, it’s a lifelong appointment, so I will continue to do my work, never fear.
Suzanne Supplant away! Although your trifle sounds awe-inspiring!
PhooD, Isn’t it the funnest word to say? The easiest + the most delicious = the brilliantest, I agree. Perfect for a dinner party, too!2 years ago
Sara Rose: Whoa. I just clicked on that link for J.Lo before my morning coffee. That was such a bad idea. I mean, both the click and the catsuit. I feel like Swarovski rose from the dead to vomit all over her.
As for affogato. Let me go get my morning coffee. Then we can talk. Okay now. Affogato has been in my top five desserts since I unwittingly ordered it at a street side cafe in Vienna back at the pluck young age of 20.
I love it. In many different incarnations. Cinnamon ice cream. Pistachios. Caramel ice cream. But this sounds. Well. I mean.
More amazing than that cat suit.2 years ago
Sara Rose, I love that story about you in Vienna! I wish I had discovered affogato in such a romantic fashion, but discovering it at all will have to be luck enough for me.2 years ago