Italian Desserts Recipes - Tortoni

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons finely snipped dried tart cherries

• 1 tablespoon dry sherry or apple juice

• 1/2 cup chocolate wafer crumbs

• 3 tablespoons flaked coconut, toasted

• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

• 1 pint vanilla ice cream

• 1.46-ounce bar milk chocolate with almonds, chopped

• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted and chopped

• Chocolate-flavored syrup

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Method:

1. In a small bowl combine dried cherries and sherry or apple juice; set aside.

2. In another small bowl combine chocolate wafer crumbs, 2 tablespoons of the coconut, and the melted butter. Line six muffin cups with paper bake cups; divide crumb mixture among cups. Gently press crumbs onto bottom of muffin cups.

3. In a large bowl stir ice cream to soften; fold in chopped chocolate and the cherry mixture. Divide ice cream mixture among the muffin cups.

4. In a small bowl combine remaining 1 tablespoon coconut and the almonds; sprinkle over ice cream mixture. Cover and freeze for 2 to 24 hours.

5. Before serving, let tortoni stand at room temperature for 5 minutes. To serve, remove paper bake cups from tortoni. Drizzle chocolate flavor syrup on six dessert plates; place a tortoni atop chocolate on each plate.