A pizza snack that is quite intriguing. Although it may sound strange, everyone will adore the unusual pairing of scented pears and flavorful Gorgonzola.
| Servings: | 14 |
| Yield: | 14 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup strong coffee (made from instant is fine)
- 3 tablespoons rum (dark or light)
- 2 (3 ounce) packages ladyfingers
- ½ gallon coffee ice cream, softened on microwave’s defrost setting for 1 minute
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely grated
- 1 (8 ounce) container mascarpone cheese
- 3 tablespoons coffee flavored liqueur
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ⅓ cup half-and-half
Instructions
- Mix coffee and rum. Line a 2-quart metal loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving an overhang. Use a pastry brush to paint the spiked coffee onto the ladyfingers. Then line the bottom and sides of the pan with ladyfingers, rounded side out.
- Reserving 1/2 cup of chocolate for garnish, stir rest of chocolate into ice cream. Turn ice cream into loaf pan, using a rubber spatula to press ice cream evenly into pan. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for at least 2 hours or up to 5 days.
- When ready to serve, mix cheese, liqueur and sugar until smooth; whisk in half-and-half to form a thick but pourable sauce. Unmold dessert, using ends of plastic wrap to remove it from pan; peel away wrap. Slice loaf, drizzle with sauce and sprinkle with chocolate.
- Copyright 2004 USA WEEKEND and columnist Pam Anderson. All rights reserved.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 495 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 38 g |
| Cholesterol | 186 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Sodium | 127 mg |
| Sugars | 30 g |
| Fat | 33 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Everyone loved this dessert. I will make many more times.
Nothing special. It was good simply because it’s ice cream. Not worth the time it takes to make or for that matter find the ingredidents. Wont make it again.
delicous!! I made for my family and they loved it my grandmother wanted the recipe. My grandfather loved the sauce he kept asking for more.
Don’t skip the Sauce! It is the best part! Everyone at my dinner party loved it, and my husband could not wait for the next evening to eat what was left over! Next time I am going to soak the lady fingers, since I like them to have a stronger flavor. Since they are frozen, I do not think the texture would be soggy.
both ice cream AND tiramisu? its the perfect dessert, and easy to make!
I used Ghirardelli 60% cocoa chocolate in the ice cream rather than bittersweet, which was very good. This is much easier than a traditional Tiramisu, while still retaining much of what makes Tiramisu so delicious. But most importantly, I would make twice the sauce – the sauce is exquisite and really makes the dessert, in my opinion.
This was pretty good. I made this for some friends that we had over for dinner. It was very simple to prepare. I am not sure about how necessary the sauce is though. I just used a gallon of coffee flavored ice cream- and it worked great!
I’m a little confused about the ingredients… what is meant by the ” 1 (1 ounce) square gallon coffee ice cream, softened on microwave’s defrost setting for 1 minute ” ? Would love to make this for summer events though.