Gelato Affogato ("Drowned" Ice Cream)

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:55 PM -0500 2/8/06, Joanne M. Despres wrote:
>Sorry -- that recipe I mentioned earlier seems to be just a variation
>on a theme.  The essential ingredients in broccoli affogati seem to
>be garlic and olive oil.
>
>Joanne

Well, as it happens, I made up some broccoli (rabe) with garlic and
olive oil tonight, but I must have forgotten to fold in the red wine,
oil-cured olives, anchovies, romano cheese, espresso, and whipped
cream.  Maybe next time.

LH

>
>>  On 8 Feb 2006, at 16:38, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>>
>>  > GELATO AFFOGATO--382 Google hits
>>  > AFFOGATO--158,000 Google hits
>>  > AFFOGATO + ICE CREAM--11,600 Google hits
>>  > ...
>>  > ...
>>  > Today's NY Daily News has a recipe for "Gelato Affogato" ("Drowned Ice
>>  > Cream") from the Sopranos cookbook. It's made with espresso, ice
>>cream, and dark
>>  > rum.
>>  > ...
>>  > "Affogato" is not anywhere in the OED.
>>  > ...
>>  > ...
>>  > ...
>>  > (GOOGLE GROUPS)
>>  > ...
>>  > _espresso and gelato: a question_
>>  >
>>(http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cooking-chat/browse_thread/thread/c228f3973929e871/9e2701b3d2115aa2?lnk=st&q=gelato+af
>>  > fogato&rnum=77&hl=en#9e2701b3d2115aa2)
>>  > i  can't remember the italian name for this very simple dessert: pouring
>>  > espresso
>>  > (hot) over vanilla gelato ... can anyone help?  Affogato al
>>caffe'(litterally
>>  > ...
>>  > _alt.cooking-chat_
>>  > (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cooking-chat?lnk=sg&hl=en)
>>- Dec  2 1996, 7:54 pm by garet
>h
>>  + donatella - 2 messages - 2 authors
>>  > ...
>>  > ...
>>  > ...
>>  > (PROQUEST)
>>  > ...
>>  > _DINING  OUT; Another Italian, but Worth the Short List Bocca Di Rosa _
>>  >
>>(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=364501592&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=
>>  > PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1139434318&clientId=65882)
>>  > JOANNE STARKEY. New York Times  (1857-Current file). New York,
>>N.Y.: Feb 6,
>>  > 2000. p. LI17 (1 page)  :
>>  > Affogato, an espresso float with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, had
>>  > coffe lovers ecstatic.
>>  > ...
>>  > _TEMPTATION;  An Espresso Runs Through It _
>>  >
>>(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=731139512&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=
>PQ
>>  D&RQT=309&VName
>>  > =HNP&TS=1139434211&clientId=65882)
>>  > MARK BITTMAN.  New York Times (1857-Current file). New York,
>>N.Y.: Jan  23,
>>  > 2002. p. F3 (1 page)
>>  >
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