Affogato al Caffè

Ingredients

• 2 generous scoops of the best vanilla or fior di latte gelato you can obtain: the quality ceiling of the dish is the quality of this scoop
• 2 shots of ESPRESSO, freshly pulled and screaming hot: the temperature collision is the recipe
• Optional accessories, each with precedent: a thimble of amaretto or Frangelico; a crumbled amaretti biscuit; shaved dark chocolate
• Chilled glasses or small bowls: cold vessel, hot coffee, the contrast preserved
• A small spoon and no delay whatsoever

The words inside

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Method

1. Chill the glasses; scoop the gelato into them and return to the freezer while the espresso brews.
2. Pull the espresso at the last possible second.
3. Pour the hot shots directly over the cold scoops AT THE TABLE: the name means 'drowned,' and the drowning is the ceremony.
4. Eat immediately with the spoon, chasing the moving border where espresso melts gelato into cream, then drink the end like the coffee it has become. Total elapsed time: four minutes. Total regret: zero.