Grind Affogato Recipe
The perfect summer pick-me-up: a Grind affogato. Here's your step-by-step guide.
What Is Affogato?
Fun fact: “Affogato” means drowning in Italian. The word is used to describe when a liquid is poured over food, usually cold food.
A traditional affogato includes vanilla gelato or ice cream served with a shot of espresso. It’s often found on the coffee menu at Italian restaurants, so we personally don’t think it counts as a full dessert. Which means we can have 4 of them a day.
How To Make an Affogato at Home
An affogato coffee is the perfect summer pick-me-up. There are some combinations of flavours that you just can’t go wrong with—espresso with vanilla ice cream, chocolate, and nuts is one of them.
This affogato recipe is super easy and quick, using simple ingredients to create something seriously tasty.
The Grind Affogato
Follow our simple step-by-step guide and you’ll make the perfect affogato coffee dessert in minutes.
Affogato Ingredients
What You'll Need for One Serving:
1-2 scoops of vanilla ice cream (or the flavour of your choice)
34ml espresso, using Grind Coffee Pods or Grind Whole Bean & Ground Coffee
Grated chocolate
1 tbsp chopped nuts (optional)
Equipment:
Shallow glass or cappuccino mug
Affogato Recipe
Our simple instructions for making this delicious Italian dessert at home.
- Put a generous scoop (or two) of vanilla ice cream (or the flavour of your choice—we love a pistachio affogato) into a wide shallow glass or cappuccino mug.
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If using a coffee pod: Place the glass underneath the spout of your coffee pod machine and extract a short shot of coffee directly on top of the ice cream. If using ground coffee: brew one shot of espresso using your favourite brewing method and pour over the ice cream.
- Sprinkle with some grated chocolate and nuts.
- Dig in.
Best Ice Cream for an Affogato
An affogato is typically made with vanilla gelato, but a good quality vanilla ice cream works just as well. We love switching it up with flavoured ice creams or flavoured coffee pods: our Baileys Coffee Pods taste incredible in an affogato.
A classic affogato is made with two cups gelato to one shot of espresso, but you can play with this ratio according to what you're after.
Make the Best Affogato at Home
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If you’re looking for more recipes to try at home, we’ve got loads on our blog. From tiramisu iced coffee to blueberry matcha.
