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Authentic Affogato Shot Recipe – Vanilla Affogato al Caffe

by Caroline Sciberras
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Affogato Shot is the magic that happens when two Italian pleasures meet in one glass (hot espresso and cold vanilla ice cream)

A classic dessert with the cold vanilla ice cream starts melting and mixing with the coffee making the coffee slowly become like a creamy latte. The term “affogato al caffe” literally means drowned in coffee shots!

affogato al caffe

Yields: 2 portion
Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 0 mins Total: 10 mins


Affogato al Caffe – a perfect cool summer recipe

Italian cuisine has various coffee-based desserts. This coffee affogato for me has now become a great substitute for the tiramisu recipe. It’s a big winner in summer barbeques and you can easily swap the coffee with hot chocolate for kids.

What is an Affogato?

It’s the simplest and most decadent dessert in Summer! The classic version uses Vanilla Ice Cream but you can create an Affogato using ice cream as a base topped with coffee shots on top.

The equation is simply ICE CREAM BASE + COFFEE SHOTS = AFFOGATO – but as a rule, I would avoid using coffee flavored ice-cream.

Affogato Shots: the classic recipe

It’s an old classic recipe that passed the test of time and is still one of the favorite summer dinner desserts not only in Italy but even Worldwide.

Ingredients

  • Ice-cream. Vanilla or any other flavor excluding Coffee Flavored Ice Cream
  • Espresso Shot. An espresso shot with a coffee machine or using a mocha called “caffettiera” in Italy.

Affogato al Caffe Step by Step

STEP 1 – PREPARE THE CUPS WITH ICE CREAM

Fill the cups with the ice-cream cups. Usually, I use from 1 to 2 scoops.

STEP 2 – PREPARE THE COFFEE

Prepare the espresso using an espresso machine or a mocha

STEP 3 – DROWN THE ICE CREAM WITH COFFEE

Pour the espresso onto the ice cream.

STEP 4 – VANILLA SWEET CREAM COLD BREW DIRECTIONS

Serve immediately the Affogato so that you can still taste the ice-cream while it’s still not completely drowned in the coffee.

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Affogato Shot Recipe (Affogato Coffee)

Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 0 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 125 mL espresso 4 expresso shots
  • 125 mL vanilla ice cream 4 scoops

Instructions
 

  • Place the vanilla ice cream scoops in cups (1-2 scoops per person) a
  • Prepare the coffee using an espresso machino or a mocha
  • Pour the hot espresso onto the ice cream.
  • Serve immediately.
Keyword affogato al caffe, affogato coffee, affogato shot, affogatos, ice cream affogato

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