Three Italian Desserts
- Vanilla ice cream
- Freshly brewed hot espresso
- Frangelico, hazelnut liqueur
- Shavings of dark chocolate
- Toasted hazelnuts, chopped
- Biscotti
- Pound cake, store-bought or homemade
- Amaretto, almond-flavored liqueur
- Swiss Chocolate ice cream
- Toasted sliced almonds
- Vin Santo, sweet Italian dessert wine, chilled, for dipping
- Biscotti
- Clementines
- Chocolate covered salted caramels
- Place one scoop of ice cream in a glass dish and drown the ice cream in espresso.
- Add a generous splash of Frangelico and scatter shavings of dark chocolate over the top.
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the hazelnuts over the chocolate and garnish with a Biscotti.
- Serve immediately.
- Place a thick slice of cake on a dessert plate and drizzle generously with Amaretto.
- Place a scoop of ice cream on top of the cake and sprinkle the almonds over the ice cream.
- Serve immediately.
- Pour the Vin Santo in a glass placed in the middle of a large serving plate.
- Arrange the Biscotti, Clementines and caramels decoratively around the glass.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/three-italian-desserts-recipe.html (may not work)