Holiday Cocktail Party: Part 2 It's a Dessert and a Drink!

Afoggato for a Foggy Afternoon

I developed a taste for espresso while living in Paris, so much so that we bought a cute little Nespresso machine.  It is perfect for that late afternoon pick-me-up, when a cup of tea just won’t do!

As a part of my series on appetizers and cocktails, I thought I’d take liberties and offer a dessert cocktail…it is dessert,  a cocktail and espresso is at the heart of it!

Afoggato 

For each serving:

Ingredients        

1 large shot of freshly brewed espresso

1 ounce of coffee flavored liqueur

1 small scoop of premium vanilla ice cream

 

Method

In a cappuccino cup, center a small round scoop of the ice cream in the bottom of the cup.  Drizzle the liqueur over the ice cream and then pour the hot espresso over everything.

The hot coffee will slowly melt the ice cream, forming a foamy ring around the scoop…thus the name affogato…which is Italian for drowned…I prefer to think of the foam as fog…hence, my re-definition… a- FOG-ato in the afternoon!

Buon apetito!