Tartufo is an Italian ice cream dessert that usually is made of gelato. The ice cream is scooped into balls and covered with chocolate. You can make this from different flavors of ice cream and fruit. Try pecan praline ice cream with peaches, or fudge ripple ice cream with dried blueberries.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 cups chocolate ice cream
- 1 cup frozen pitted cherries, thawed and chopped
- 15 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
- 1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 2 tsp. oil
Preparation:
Mix chopped cherries into the ice cream. Scoop ice cream mixture into six balls using an ice cream scoop. Roll in crushed cookies. Place on wax paper-lined cookie sheet and freeze until firm, about 2 hours.
In small saucepan, melt semisweet chocolate chips with oil, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in milk chocolate chips, stirring constantly until chips melt and mixture is smooth again. Cool to lukewarm.
Place frozen ice cream balls on a wire rack. Spoon melted chocolate over each ball, coating the top and sides. Freeze again until firm, at least 1 hour. Remove from freezer 10 minutes before serving. Serves 6
