RECIPE AND FOOD STYLING BY LAURA REGE; MOON CUTLERY TABLESPOONS, BY CUTIPOL, IN BRUSHED COPPER,SHOPHORNE.COMTARTUFO FOR TWO
Is there anything sweeter than a Valentine’s Day treat designed for sharing?
This elegant, easier-than-it-looks take on tartufo, the Italian frozen dessert, is made
by packing two types of ice cream into a bowl, topping them with a cookie-crumb
mixture, then turning the whole thing out and coating it with a chocolate shell.
It usually has a maraschino cherry hidden inside—but ours, of course, has two.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRYAN GARDNERCHOCOLATE-PISTACHIO
TARTUFOActive Time: 20 min.
Total Time: 2 hr. 15 min.
Serves: 2
½cup chocolate ice cream
½cup pistachio ice cream
2 maraschino cherries,
preferably Tillen Farms
5 chocolate wafer cookies, finely
pulsed in a food processor
2 ½teaspoons coconut oil, melted
2 ounces semisweet chocolate
(61 percent cacao), chopped1.Line a small domed glass bowl
(ours was 4½-inch-diameter with a
1 ⅓-cup capacity) with plastic wrap,
leaving a 4-inch overhang on all
sides. Pack 1 ice cream flavor into
each side of bowl. Make an inden-
tation in each flavor; place a cherry
in each and cover with ice cream.
Wrap in plastic and freeze until
firm, at least 2 hours and prefera-
bly overnight.2.In a bowl, mix together cookie
crumbs and 1 teaspoon oil. Fold
back plastic and press crumb
mixture onto ice cream; smooth
with an offset spatula. Rewrap and
freeze at least 15 minutes.3.Place chocolate in a heatproof
bowl set over (not in) a pan of
simmering water. Stir until melted.
Remove from heat; stir in remain-
ing 1½ teaspoons oil.4.Fold back plastic from ice cream.
Invert bowl onto a wire rack set
over a baking sheet. With a hot cloth,
wipe outside of bowl to loosen.
Lift bowl and completely remove
plastic. Pour chocolate over top,
starting in center and working out-
ward, in one stream.5.Freeze tartufo on rack to harden,
at least 5 minutes. Serve, or wrap
loosely in plastic and keep frozen up
to a week. To serve, transfer to a
plate with a thin metal spatula (if it
sticks, dip spatula in hot water and
wipe dry).52
FOOD & GATH E RINGS
Sweets
When you pour
the chocolate over
the top, don’t worry
about making the
coating flawless—
a few imperfections
give the dessert a
handmade charm.