Best 9 Easy Tartufo Recipes

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Are you a food enthusiast looking for a delectable dessert that strikes a perfect balance between rich flavors and effortless preparation? Look no further than the classic Italian dessert, Tartufo. Often referred to as "Easy Tartufo" due to its simple ingredients and uncomplicated process, this treat offers a delightful symphony of textures and flavors that will tantalize your taste buds. Picture layers of creamy gelato or ice cream enveloped in a delicate chocolate coating, all coming together to create a harmonious symphony of flavors that will transport you to dessert heaven.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

TARTUFFO



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 10m

Yield 2 to 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 cup chocolate ice cream
8 hazelnuts
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1 1/2 cups chocolate shavings

Steps:

  • With a small ice cream scoop, make walnut-sized balls of the chocolate ice cream. Shove a hazelnut into the center of each ball. Freeze. With a larger ice cream scoop, dig out flat globs of vanilla ice cream and pack it around the chocolate ice cream ball, covering completely. Freeze for 30 minutes. Roll in chocolate shavings and keep frozen.

TARTUFO



Tartufo image

Provided by Brian Boitano

Categories     dessert

Time 55m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup crushed chocolate cookies
1/2 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate
1 pint vanilla ice cream
4 brandied or maraschino cherries
4 sprigs mint

Steps:

  • Caramel sauce:
  • In a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the sugar with 1/4 cup of water.
  • Bring to a simmer and cook until the mixture turns a deep golden brown. Remove from the heat and carefully whisk in the heavy cream, vanilla extract and salt. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
  • Tartufo:
  • Combine the cookie crumbs and chocolate chunks in a large resealable bag.
  • Using a large round ice cream scoop, scoop out a ball of ice cream and leave it in the scoop. Poke a hole in the center of the scoop with a handle of a wooden spoon and put a cherry into the hole. Cover the hole with a bit of ice cream and put the scoop of ice cream into the bag of cookies and chocolate pieces. Shake around pressing gently to completely coat the ice cream. Put the scoop on a tray and freeze for 30 minutes. Repeat the process with remaining ingredients.
  • Before serving, divide the caramel sauce among 4 plates. Remove the Tartufos from the freezer and slice them in half. Arrange 2 halves on each plate and garnish with mint sprigs.

TARTUFO (ITALIAN ICE CREAM) RECIPE



Tartufo (Italian Ice Cream) Recipe image

Native to Southern Italy, Tartufo is a simple no-bake dessert recipe made with ice cream, cherries, cookie crumbs, and homemade chocolate magic shell.

Provided by Clarice Lam

Categories     Dessert

Time 4h38m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 7

3 1/2 cups chocolate ice cream
1 1/2 cups cherries (frozen, pitted, thawed and chopped)
1 cup milk chocolate (chopped)
20 chocolate sandwich cookies (finely crushed)
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup milk chocolate (chopped)
2 teaspoons plain vegetable oil

Steps:

  • Gather the ingredients.
  • Let the ice creams stand at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften slightly. Line 6 small (about 5-ounce) ramekins or bowls with plastic wrap.
  • In a food processor , grind the chocolate wafer cookies. If you don't have a food processor you can place the cookies in a sealable plastic bag and use a rolling pin to crush them as fine as possible. Place the crumbs into a medium bowl and set aside.
  • Using a spoon scoop some vanilla ice cream into each plastic-lined ramekin about halfway full.
  • Place a cherry on top of the ice cream in the center of each scoop.
  • Scoop enough pistachio ice cream over the cherry to fill the rest of the ramekin.
  • Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the cookie crumbs to cover the surface of the pistachio ice cream and pull the edges of the plastic wrap together to close. Freeze for at least 3 hours.
  • Meanwhile, make the magic shell by melting the chocolate in a large microwave-safe bowl at increments of 45 seconds, giving a little stir between heatings. When it is almost completely melted take it out of the microwave and stir using the residual heat to melt the rest.
  • Add the coconut oil and whisk until completely combined and smooth.
  • Take the ramekins out of the freezer and unwrap each tartufo, placing them cookie-crumb-side-down on a wire rack over a parchment-lined rimmed sheet tray.
  • Pour the magic shell over each dome of ice cream to completely coat. Tap the sheet tray on the counter lightly to shake off any excess chocolate.
  • Carefully lift each tartufo off the wire rack using a small offset spatula and gently place them one at a time in the bowl of cookie crumbs. Roll the tartufo to coat, gently pressing the crumbs into the chocolate, if necessary, to make them stick.
  • Place them on a plate and freeze for 1 hour before serving. Or wrap each one individually in plastic wrap and store them in a large air-tight container in the freezer until needed.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 654 kcal, Carbohydrate 73 g, Cholesterol 34 mg, Fiber 5 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 26 g, Sodium 159 mg, Sugar 56 g, Fat 42 g, ServingSize 8 servings, UnsaturatedFat 0 g

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT TARTUFO



Chocolate Hazelnut Tartufo image

My variation on a delicious dessert we experienced in Rome this spring. Called tartufo because it resembles a truffle.

Provided by Katie Poppy

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     European     Italian

Time P1DT4h40m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
⅓ cup white sugar
4 egg yolks
⅓ cup white sugar
½ cup chocolate-hazelnut spread (such as Nutella®)
2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
3 ounces fine quality bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
8 maraschino cherries
½ cup frozen whipped topping, thawed

Steps:

  • Combine milk, cream, and 1/3 cup sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat; stir until the sugar dissolves, about 3 to 5 minutes. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks and 1/3 cup sugar until the egg yolks are light in color, about 4 minutes. Stir 1/2 cup of the milk mixture into the egg yolks, then pour all of the egg mixture into the saucepan, stirring continuously. Cook, stirring continuously, until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a metal spoon, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
  • Add the chocolate hazelnut spread, espresso powder, and vanilla, stirring until well combined. Pour through a mesh strainer into a bowl. Refrigerate several hours until cold.
  • Pour into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer gelato into an airtight container and place in freezer until solid.
  • To make the tartufo: Scoop 4-ounce portions of gelato and form into balls using your hands. Poke a hole in each ball and place 1 cherry in each, cover with gelato, and place on a baking sheet. Roll gelato balls in the grated chocolate until coated and return to the freezer until ready to serve. Serve with whipped topping, if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 393.7 calories, Carbohydrate 39.4 g, Cholesterol 149.7 mg, Fat 24.4 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 12.5 g, Sodium 56.7 mg, Sugar 33.8 g

EASY TARTUFO



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Chocolate ice cream studded with chopped cherries and coated with cookie crumbs, then enrobed in thick chocolate and frozen in this make-ahead recipe. It's just spectacular, and so easy to make! Tartufo is an Italian ice cream dessert that usually is made of gelato. the ice cream is scooped into balls and covered with chocolate.

Provided by Witch Doctor

Categories     Frozen Desserts

Time 3h45m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 cups chocolate ice cream
1 cup pitted frozen cherries, thawed and chopped
15 chocolate sandwich style cookies, crushed
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
4 teaspoons vegetable oil

Steps:

  • 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 two hours.
  • In a small saucepan, melt chocolate chips with oil, stirring until smooth. Cool.
  • Place coated 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.

ITALIAN TARTUFO



Italian Tartufo image

"Tartufo" is Italian for truffle. The original "truffles" were created just after the French revolution by French chefs and were chocolate confections made to resemble like their prized fungi cousin in the Perigord region of France. These sweet confections were given at Christmas time as gifts. Sometime around the Victorian era is when the frozen truffle came about when the idea of molding ice creams into various shape like flowers, fruit, and other foods became popular. It has been only during recent times that ice cream "truffles" or "tartufos" have made a renaissance, of sorts. Typically, in Italy, a tartufo is a vanilla ice cream ball that has a cherry and some nuts in the center. The ball is then dipped in chocolate and can be covered with nuts or chocolate shavings. (Cook time is Chilling time)

Provided by Ashbabe

Categories     Frozen Desserts

Time 5h30m

Yield 10 Tartufo's, 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup sugar
2/3 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons instant espresso or 2 teaspoons coffee
1/3 cup water
4 egg yolks
10 maraschino cherries
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons rum
2/3 cup chocolate, coarse chop

Steps:

  • Soak cherries in rum.
  • Sift sugar; cocoa, and instant coffee together and place in a heavy sauce pan.
  • Add the water and mix well.
  • Bring to a boil and cook until everything is well mixed.
  • While syrup is cooking, whip the egg yolks until light and fluffy.
  • Reduce the speed of the beaters to the lowest level and add the hot syrup in a continuous fine stream.
  • Continue beating until the mixture is thick and forms a ribbon pattern when the beater is pulled away.
  • Chill well. (about an hour).
  • Whip the cream with the 2 tablespoons of rum until stiff.
  • Fold into the chocolate mixture.
  • Fold in the chopped chocolate.
  • Arrange foil lined paper cups in a muffin pan.
  • Fill each cup 1/3 of the way full.
  • Place a cherry in each cup then fill the rest of the way.
  • Freeze at least 4 hours (preferably overnight).
  • Before serving pipe whipping cream on top if desired.
  • It will keep in the freezer for about a month wrapped tightly in aluminum foil.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 259.8, Fat 15.6, SaturatedFat 8.9, Cholesterol 99, Sodium 14.8, Carbohydrate 28.9, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 22, Protein 3.7

HAZELNUT TARTUFFO



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Although originally made by surrounding a sour cherry with chocolate ice cream, then encrusting it with a chocolate shell, the variations on tartuffo are as myriad as they are on a sundae -- the ice cream can be any flavor and so can the shell. You can freeze coconut ice cream or strawberry or Burpled Rumple; bury a fruit or a nut inside or not; helmet it with dark or white chocolate or liquefied lemon. As long as it's a globe and cold and the inside is softer than the out, it's tartuffo.

Provided by Jonathan Reynolds

Categories     dessert

Time 9h

Yield 5 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 quart Ciao Bella hazelnut biscotti gelato
5 brandied Italian sour cherries (amarena), drained
1/2 cup chopped semiweet chocolate or chocolate chips
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup ground skinned and roasted hazelnuts

Steps:

  • At least a day ahead of serving, shape the gelato into balls by arranging 5 squares of plastic wrap on a countertop and placing a portion of the gelato in the center of each. Bring the wrap around each and twist together to enclose. Mold each into a ball (the shape doesn't have to be perfect at this point), unwrap and push a cherry into each center. Rewrap. Place the balls on a baking sheet and freeze for at least 6 hours, rounding out the shape for the first hour. Remove plastic wrap from balls after about 2 hours.
  • For the ganache coating, melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water and whisk in 1/2 cup heavy cream until completely smooth. Remove from the heat and cool completely. (Do not refrigerate.) The mixture should be about 70 degrees and will be thick enough to make a ribbon on itself when the whisk is lifted.
  • Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Working with one ball at a time, dip into the ganache to coat. Immediately sprinkle with some hazelnuts. Freeze 2 hours to harden and then store in a covered container in freezer until ready to serve.
  • To serve, warm the remaining 1/4 cup of heavy cream and whisk into remaining ganache. Add the remaining hazelnuts. Serve as a sauce for tartuffo.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 775, UnsaturatedFat 25 grams, Carbohydrate 87 grams, Fat 45 grams, Fiber 6 grams, Protein 11 grams, SaturatedFat 16 grams, Sodium 548 milligrams, Sugar 51 grams, TransFat 0 grams

TARTUFI



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Tartufo means "truffle" in Italian and refers to how these ice cream mounds look when dipped in pure chocolate, which forms a neat, crispy coating for a favorite ice cream. You can make them any size you wish, but I usually make mine about golf ball size (about 2 ounces, 60 g, each) and serve two per person. The trick to making Tartufi is to work rather quickly and neatly. Keep the ice cream mounds in the freezer until the absolute last moment prior to dipping.

Yield makes 8 tartufi

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 cups (500 ml) ice cream
6 ounces (170 g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
6 tablespoons (85 g) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 1/2 tablespoons light corn syrup

Steps:

  • Line two large dinner plates with plastic wrap or parchment paper and put them in the freezer. Once the plates are chilled, use an ice cream scoop to make balls of your favorite ice cream, setting them on one of the plates. Take care that the scoops are solid and well formed, with no dangling bits of ice cream; use your hands if necessary. Freeze the ice cream scoops thoroughly.
  • To dip the Tartufi, melt the chocolate, butter, and corn syrup in a medium bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Once the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth, remove the bowl of chocolate from the improvised double boiler. Remove the ice cream balls from the freezer, and the second plate as well.
  • Here the trick is to going to be to try to get as thin a shell as possible around the ice cream. Using two soup spoons, drop a frozen scoop of ice cream into the melted chocolate mixture and toss it quickly until it's coated. Transfer it onto the unused dinner plate. Repeat with the remaining scoops of ice cream, then return the scoops to the freezer until ready to serve.

CHOCOLATE-CHERRY ICE CREAM TARTUFO



Chocolate-Cherry Ice Cream Tartufo image

Categories     Chocolate     Dessert     Freeze/Chill     Frozen Dessert     Cherry     Almond     Bon Appétit     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Serves 8 to 10

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 pints cherry vanilla ice cream, softened slightly
1 cup almonds, toasted, chopped
3 tablespoons chopped drained maraschino cherries
1 1/2 pints chocolate-chocolate chip ice cream, softened slightly
1 3/4 cups whipping cream
1/4 cup light corn syrup
24 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Steps:

  • Line 9 x 5 x 2 1/2-inch metal loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving 3-inch overhang on all sides. Using small flexible spatula, quickly spread softened cherry vanilla ice cream evenly over bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle 1/4 cup chopped almonds, then maraschino cherries over ice cream in bottom of pan. Spread softened chocolate-chocolate chip ice cream over, filling pan completely. Freeze until ice cream is firm, about 1 hour.
  • Bring 1 1/2 cups cream and corn syrup to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add both chocolates and whisk until smooth. Whisk in both extracts. Cool ganache to room temperature, whisking occasionally, about 45 minutes.
  • Spread 2/3 cup chocolate ganache over top of ice cream. Freeze until chocolate is very firm, about 2 hours.
  • Rewarm chocolate ganache over low heat just until fluid if necessary. Cool to room temperature (mixture will thicken slightly). Line baking sheet with waxed paper. Run small knife around sides of loaf pan to loosen ice cream loaf. Invert loaf onto prepared sheet; peel off plastic wrap. Working quickly and using small flexible spatula, spread 1 cup chocolate ganache over top and sides of ice cream loaf, covering ice cream completely and forming 1/4-inch-thick coating (reserve remaining ganache). Sprinkle remaining 3/4 cup chopped almonds over top and sides of chocolate-covered ice cream loaf. Freeze until chocolate is firm, about 1 hour. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover tartufo with plastic wrap and keep frozen. Refrigerate remaining ganache.)
  • Add remaining 1/4 cup cream to ganache and rewarm over low heat to use as sauce. Cut tartufo into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Cut each slice diagonally in half, forming 2 triangles. Place 2 triangles on each plate. Drizzle with warm ganache

Tips:

  • For a richer flavor, use high-quality chocolate with a cocoa content of at least 70%.
  • If you don't have a food processor, you can finely chop the hazelnuts and almonds by hand.
  • To make the tartufo balls easier to shape, chill the mixture for at least 30 minutes before rolling.
  • If you want a stronger coffee flavor, use a dark roast coffee.
  • To prevent the tartufo balls from sticking to your hands, wet your hands with cold water before rolling the mixture.
  • If you don't have cocoa powder, you can use unsweetened chocolate powder instead.
  • Serve the tartufo balls immediately, or store them in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Conclusion:

Tartufo is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create a truly special treat that will impress your friends and family. So next time you're looking for a sweet and satisfying treat, give tartufo a try. You won't be disappointed!

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