Affogato Recipe

Name: Affogato Recipe
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 Espresso Coffee Pods; 4tsp Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans; 4 small Scoops Good-quality Vanilla Ice Cream

Whip up this scrummy Affogato recipe in just minutes, wonderful as a delicious dessert after dinner with friends.

What is an Affogato?

Affogato is an Italian dessert which contains two main ingredients: vanilla ice cream and espresso. Translated from Italian, 'Affogato' literally means ‘drowned’, which is apt considering the ice cream is covered in espresso!

Prep Time: 3 minutes
Make Time: 2 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Yield: 4 serving

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Ingredients

4 Espresso Coffee Pods
4tsp Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans
4 small Scoops Good-quality Vanilla Ice Cream

Equipment

Dessert glasses or wide cups
Espresso cups
Dolce Gusto coffee pod machine

Pods Used

Each serving typically contains

of an adult's Reference Intake (RI)*

*Reference intake of an average adult (8400kJ/2000kcal)
Does not include optional ingredients

How to make Affogato

Our Affogato recipe is super simple to make, just follow the 4 steps below to enjoy a delicious desert.

Place the ice cream into 4 small dessert glasses or wide cups
Top with chocolate covered coffee beans
Make the hot Dolce Gusto Espresso coffee individually into 4 small espresso cups to go with the dessert glasses
To serve: drown (the literal meaning of Affogato) each scoop of ice-cream with coffee, and enjoy while warm and melting.