Equipment
Ingredients
Topping
- 30 ml mascarpone
- 30 ml heavy cream
- 13 g icing sugar
Base and Layers
- 2 sponge fingers, broken into three pieces
- 30 ml espresso, hot
- 1 chocolate ice cream
- 2 g cocoa powder, for dusting
Nutrition (per serving)
Nutrition is estimated per serving. Nutrients without complete source data are omitted.
Full nutrition
- Calories
- 503 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 67 g
- Fat
- 27 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 19 g
- Sodium
- 64 mg
- Saturated Fat
- 16 g
- Trans Fat
- 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 3 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 1 g
- Cholesterol
- 42 mg
- Potassium
- 136 mg
- Calcium
- 154 mg
- Iron
- 1.1 mg
- Magnesium
- 45 mg
- Phosphorus
- 77 mg
- Zinc
- 0.5 mg
- Vitamin A
- 284 mcg
- Vitamin C
- 1 mg
- Vitamin D
- 0.5 mcg
- Vitamin E
- 0.3 mg
- Vitamin K
- 1 mcg
- Vitamin B6
- 0.0 mg
- Vitamin B12
- 0.1 mcg
- Thiamin
- 0.06 mg
- Riboflavin
- 0.13 mg
- Niacin
- 2.1 mg
- Folate
- 13 mcg
- Water
- 84 g
- Caffeine
- 68 mg
Sources: Aggregated Public Data, USDA FoodData Central
Method
Whisk the mascarpone and heavy cream together in a bowl until the mixture reaches soft peaks.
Add the icing sugar to the bowl and whisk again until the ingredients are fully combined.
Place half of the broken sponge finger pieces into the bottom of the serving glass.
Pour 15 ml of the hot espresso over the sponge fingers in the glass.
Add the scoop of chocolate ice cream directly on top of the soaked sponge fingers.
Layer the remaining pieces of sponge fingers over the ice cream.
Pour the remaining 15 ml of hot espresso over the top layer of sponge fingers.
Spoon the prepared mascarpone cream mixture over the top layer of the dessert.
Dust the top with cocoa powder and serve immediately.
Chef's Notes
- Ensure the espresso is hot when pouring to properly soften the sponge fingers and slightly melt the ice cream for the classic affogato texture.
Storage
Troubleshooting
Sponge fingers are too mushy or disintegrated
Cause: The dessert was assembled too far in advance or the espresso was poured too slowly
Fix: Cannot be fixed
Prevention: Assemble all components immediately before consumption
Cultural Context
The affogato is a traditional Italian coffee-based dessert, usually consisting of a scoop of gelato 'drowned' in a shot of hot espresso.
