Chianti Affogato Recipes

AFFOGATO

Steps:

• Put a scoop of vanilla ice cream or gelato in a small mug and top it with a shot of hot espresso or strong coffee. You'll have what may be the loveliest-and simplest-of Italian desserts: "affogato," which aptly means "drowned."

CHIANTI AFFOGATO

Steps:

• Combine the wine, sugar, orange zest, peppercorns, salt, basil and cinnamon stick in a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon to help dissolve the sugar. Reduce the heat to medium low to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow to steep for an additional 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher.
• Divide the gelato among six coffee cups. Pour the warm wine syrup over the top, and serve with demitasse spoons.

AFFOGATO

Steps:

• Using a melon ball scoop or a small ice cream scoop, fill each cappuccino cup or a small bowl with 3 mini scoops of ice cream. Pour just a little coffee over the ice cream and garnish with the chocolate shavings. Serve immediately.

AFFOGATO

Steps:

• Place 3 scoops of the ice cream in each of 2 bowls. Pour the espresso over the ice cream and serve immediately.
• Note: To make espresso for this recipe in your electric drip coffee maker, use 1/3 cup of ground espresso and enough water for 4 cups of coffee.

AFFOGATO

Steps:

• Make the espresso first so it can sit while you scoop the gelato. If you don't have a moka pot or an espresso machine, run to the nearest coffee shop.
• Add the very cold gelato to a small shallow bowl or glass that's been chilled in the freezer until frosty and cold to the touch.
• Slowly pour the hot espresso in a thin stream directly over the gelato, draping the entire surface of the scoop with an even layer of coffee. You can add a splash of amaretto here if you'd like (the almond flavor would be welcome), but the best affogato is a simple affogato. Just be sure to start eating it before the gelato completely melts: In each bite, you want solid spoonfuls of the gelato thinly draped in coffee.