The combination of vanilla ice cream, hot espresso and a little coffee liqueur makes for a delicious cooling drink or dessert in less than 5 mins.

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Homemade vegan vanilla ice cream drowned in hot espresso. A super easy, fun and delicious dessert.

L’affogato al caffè, a dessert of gelato drowned in espresso, is “one of Italy’s most delectable modern dishes,” writes Anna Del Conte in her “Gastronomy of Italy.” The ice cream can be fior di latte, vanilla or chocolate, or whatever you like. Dulce de leche, with its caramelized milkiness, would be wonderful, as would cherry amaretto. The magic of affogato is that you get two pleasures in one: a spoonable dessert sauced with coffee, and a cream-blushed drink to chase it. The sweet ice…

Makes 1 Affogato