Maple Whiskey 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."

MINTY MOCHA AFFOGATO

Steps:

• Add 2 scoops (about 1/2 cup) of ice cream to 4 small bowls or coffee mugs. Pour the coffee evenly over each bowl, and top each with a drizzle of chocolate liqueur. Serve immediately with spoons.

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:

• To assemble: Pour the liqueur in a tall coffee cup, preferably crystal - as to see inside the dessert. Scoop one large scoop of vanilla gelato (or ice cream) in the bottom of the glass. Finish with a shot of freshly brewed espresso.
• Combine the milk, cream and sugar in a medium-sized nonreactive saucepan. Add the vanilla beans and seeds to mixture, or add the vanilla bean extract. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring from time to time, until the sugar is dissolved, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat the egg yolks in a small bowl. Slowly whisk 1/2 cup of the hot milk-cream mixture into the yolks, then return the warmed yolks to the milk-cream mixture, stirring continuously. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring constantly for about 20 minutes until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon or measures 190 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the mixture through a fine strainer into a metal bowl. Put the bowl on another bowl partially filled with ice and stir to chill completely. Transfer the liquid to the canister of an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions for gelato. When frozen, transfer the gelato to an airtight container and store in the freeze.