Affogato
Affogato has two ingredients and a few minutes of work, so both must be faultless: real vanilla ice cream and freshly pulled, strong espresso. It is a dessert eaten while it melts — which is why everything must be ready before the coffee comes out of the machine.
Your own work in that: 0 min.
- Preparation 12 min
- Pulling the espresso 3 min
Step by step
0 / 5 doneChill the glasses
Put the glasses in the freezer for 10 minutes before serving. A cold vessel slows the melting — and in this dessert every moment counts before the ice cream turns into milky coffee.
Ingredients: 500 ml vanilla ice cream · 120 ml coffee
Choose the right ice cream
Use ice cream made with real vanilla, with visible seeds. The coffee here is very intense and overwhelms anything artificially flavoured. The ice cream should be dense, not aerated — a fluffy one dissolves instantly.
Ingredients: 500 ml vanilla ice cream · 120 ml coffee
Scoop and return to the freezer
Put two scoops in each glass and return them to the freezer until the coffee is ready. Ice cream taken out too early softens on the counter and loses the temperature contrast.
Ingredients: 500 ml vanilla ice cream · 120 ml coffee
The scoops wait in the freezer, not on the counter.Pull strong espresso
Pull 4 espressos (30 ml each) just before serving. The coffee must be hot and strong — weak or cooled coffee will not melt the ice cream or create the layer of creamy coffee at the bottom.
Ingredients: 500 ml vanilla ice cream · 120 ml coffee
TipWithout a machine, use a moka pot or very strong filter coffee. Temperature and strength matter, not the method.
Pour at the table
Take out the glasses, scatter flaked almonds and grated chocolate and pour the hot espresso over in front of your guests. Add a teaspoon of amaretto if you like. Serve immediately, with a spoon.
Ingredients: 30 g almonds · 20 g dark chocolate · 4 tsp amaretto
Pour at the table — a minute later the dessert already looks different.
Before you start
Variations
Pistachio, hazelnut or salted caramel ice cream all work well. Fruit flavours do not — their acidity clashes with the coffee's bitterness.
Caffeine free
Decaf espresso works identically. Strong chicory infusion or cocoa dissolved in hot milk are also options.
For a larger group
Scoop into all the glasses in advance and keep them in the freezer. Pull the coffee only once your guests are seated.
