Chocolate Tartufo With Cherries Italian Ice Cream Dessert
Tartufo is an Italian ice cream dessert that usually is made of gelato. The ice cream is scooped into little balls and covered with rich melted chocolate. This classic Italian dessert is easy to make and a really impressive dish to serve to company
You can make this from all kinds of different flavors of ice cream and fruit. Try pecan praline ice cream with peaches or fudge ripple ice cream with dried blueberries. Or coffee ice cream with chocolate covered coffee beans or vanilla ice cream with crushed chocolate chip cookies and dried cranberries. The possibilities are endless! You can also sprinkle the chocolate covered little balls with colored sprinkles.
Enjoy this dessert with some coffee after an Italian dinner and savor every bite.
Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups chocolate ice cream
- 1 1/2 cups cherries (frozen, pitted, thawed and chopped)
- 1 cup milk chocolate (chopped)
- 20 chocolate sandwich cookies (finely crushed)
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate (chopped)
- 2 teaspoons plain vegetable oil