Definition of affogato in English:
affogato
nounPlural affogatos afəˈɡɑːtəʊ
An Italian dessert consisting of vanilla ice cream topped with a shot of espresso coffee.
the affogato was to die for, with the bitter espresso perfectly complementing the sweet ice cream
Example sentencesExamples
- There's also an underwhelming "granita of the day," and a cooling affogato, which is essentially a glass of vanilla gelato with a shot of espresso poured over the top.
- The first spoonful was luscious, like an alcoholic affogato.
- To end the evening, serve affogato, a simple but sophisticated Italian dessert.
- The best choice that night was a martini glass of hazelnut ice cream floating in coffee, listed on the menu as nutty affogato.
- You don't need any grappa to enjoy the small, even artful, rendition of apple spice cake (served with a little wheel of panna cotta) or the very nice vanilla-gelato affogato.
- But the affogato, an interplay of tastes, textures and temperatures, was the best.
- We could have easily done this ourselves but it was a really good Affogato.
Origin
Italian, literally 'drowned', past participle of affogare 'to drown'.