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Coffee Tortoni

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons 30mlCoconut - toasted
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped almonds - toasted
1   Egg white
1 teaspoon 5mlInstant coffee - heaping
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5oz+2 tsp. Sugar
1 cup 237mlWhipping cream
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlAlmond extract

Recipe Instructions

Toast coconut and chopped almonds. Whip egg white with coffee; gradually add 2 teaspoons sugar. Whip cream; add remaining sugar, vanilla, and almond extract. Fold cream into egg mixture; add coconut and almonds. Pour into fluted paper baking cups. Sprinkle with additional coconut, if desired. Freeze 2 hours or more.

Serves 6

Historical Note:

A farmhouse of the Civil War era is the setting for Country Road Inn. Located at Zela, near Summersville, WV, the inn is owned a operated by Mrs. E. L. Jarroll, who lives there with her family. Mrs. Jarroll specializes mostly in Italian cuisine and delight her guests with homemade pasta and a fine assortment of anipasto delectables.

Source:
"Mountain Measures" -- Junior League of Charleston, WV ed. 1974

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