Description
A luxurious Italian frozen dessert featuring layers of gelato around a maraschino cherry core, coated in bittersweet chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pint premium vanilla ice cream (or vanilla bean gelato)
- 1 pint premium chocolate ice cream (or dark chocolate gelato)
- 4 whole maraschino cherries
- ¼ cup authentic Amaretto liqueur (for soaking the cherries)
- 8 oz high-quality dark chocolate (60% to 70% cacao), finely chopped
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- Unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder (for dusting, optional)
- Extra maraschino cherries (optional)
- Shaved dark chocolate or crushed toasted hazelnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Place the 4 maraschino cherries into a small bowl or jar and pour the ¼ cup of Amaretto liqueur directly over them.
- Let the cherries soak for at least 30 minutes.
- Line a small baking sheet with parchment paper and place it in your freezer.
- Scoop out a small ball of vanilla ice cream and press one Amaretto-soaked cherry directly into the center.
- Cover the exposed cherry with more vanilla ice cream and shape it into a tight sphere.
- Freeze the vanilla sphere for 1 hour.
- Remove the hardened vanilla cores from the freezer and scoop chocolate ice cream to wrap around the vanilla ball.
- Smooth the exterior of the chocolate-covered ball into a uniform shape.
- Freeze the dual-layer spheres for at least 2 hours.
- Chop the dark chocolate finely and place it in a heat-proof bowl.
- Scald the cream in a saucepan, then pour it over the chocolate to emulsify.
- Stir gently until the mixture forms a smooth ganache.
- Dip each ice cream ball into the ganache until fully coated.
- Freeze the coated Tartufo balls for at least 1 hour.
- Remove the Tartufo from the freezer and let it sit at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before slicing.
- Slice each Tartufo in half to reveal the layers.
- Garnish as desired and serve immediately.
Notes
Pre-chill your tools before starting and control ganache temperature for best results.
- Prep Time: 265 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Frozen Dessert
- Method: Freezing
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
Keywords: Tartufo, Italian dessert, frozen dessert, gelato, chocolate ganache