Wednesday = Recipe Day

CAFÉ AFFOGATO

When in Italy, if you ask for your ice cream "affogato" you are served a bowl of ice cream with a shot of espresso on top of it. It's not too difficult to imagine why this delectable dish has made it across the Atlantic and how it now has a hundred or more variations. It can be as simple as putting a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a mug and pouring on some freshly brewed, hot coffee. As the ice cream melts, stir it a bit, then drink. Ah!, you'll say. Here's another way to make it that's elegant and company-worthy. This recipe calls for gelato, the true Italian ice cream that is more dense, more intensely flavored than ice cream and stands up to the shot of heat more effectively. A high-quality, French vanilla bean ice cream is an excellent substitute. You can also experiment with other flavors: coffee, raspberry, and chocolate ice creams or gelatos are fantastic.

Ingredients:
2 pints vanilla gelato
8 ounces or 1 measuring cup, Hazelnut or Original Blend Coffee, brewed double strength
2 tablespoons, crushed hazelnuts or crushed almonds, optional 1 pot Original Blend Coffee, brewed fresh and hot

Directions:
Brew the coffee.
Line up four tall, heat-resistant parfait glasses on the kitchen counter. Place two scoops of the vanilla gelato into each one.
Slowly pour in just enough coffee to coat the scoops, about two ounces in each.
Garnish with crushed nuts.
Serve immediately along with dinner cups for the remaining coffee.

Yield: 4 generous servings.

Sunday Funnies

A coffee shop in town was having a contest that if you buy a large coffee you get a scratch off card. Well one day this blonde lady walked in and bought a large coffee and began to scratch off the ticket and started screaming saying I won a RV. Well she was running and screaming around and the manager come out and said miss please calm down and let me see the card because we don't have a RV as a prize. So he took it and started to laugh and said miss this says you WIN A BAGLE!