The other week we had a few people over for dinner.
“Why don’t you make a pie?” Ryan suggested when I told him
that I was buying pre-made fruit tarts from the pasticceria down the street.
“I HATE baking,” I replied, “And this isn’t America, no one
bakes pies here!”
This is true – strudel is the closest thing to real apple
pie – but luckily, one of our favorite Italian desserts requires no oven (a
throw-back to our first two years here when we lived without an oven, and
survived).
Enter affogato, the two-ingredient, super easy, and even
more delicious dessert. All you need is a moka (and as I mentioned before, we
have about five in all different sizes), or an espresso maker, some vanilla ice
cream and you’re good to go.
What you do is make two espresso-cups full of espresso and
pour each cup over a scoop of vanilla ice cream– easy as pie. (Ha).
PS – For those of you who have ever wondered this (Ryan),
the difference between ice cream and gelato is that gelato is churned at a slower pace than ice cream, served at a warmer temperature so that the texture is softer and has a lower fat content so that the main ingredients apparently shine through more.
