Coffee tortoni

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 tablespoons Coconut; toasted
2 tablespoons Chopped Almonds; toasted
1 Egg White
1 teaspoon Instant Coffee; heaping
½ cup +2 Tsp. Sugar
1 cup Whipping Cream
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
⅛ teaspoon Almond Extract

Directions

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 billspa@...

Recipe by: Country Road Inn -- Mrs. E. L. Jarroll Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #848 by Bill Spalding <billspa@...> on Oct 16, 1997

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