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This is for Tartufo Nero

Ingredients:
3 cups chocolate ice cream
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
2 tsp butter
wax paper

Directions:
Put the ice cream in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes to allow it to soften, but not thaw. Scoop and roll the ice cream into balls.


Place the ice cream balls on a wax paper covered cookie sheet for at least 2 hours.

In a saucepan over low heat, melt the chocolate chips with butter, stirring until smooth. Cool to lukewarm.

Roll the ice cream balls in the chocolate coating all sides. Return the ice cream to the wax paper and freeze again for at least 1 hour.

I like to roll the ice cream balls in chocolate sprinkles immediiately after rolling in the melted chocolate.

In New York... I bet it was a bialy.....sort of like a bagel very famous in NYC. But I don't believe it is Italian.

hi everyone i just joined.. i was wondering if anyone had a recipe for an italian rum cake i always enjoed it from the bakery but now i would like to attempt to make it also paragini(don't know if i spelled it right)pastry thanks

Pan di Spagna is the basis for Italian Rum Cake. Bake the cake layers, then allow them to cool. Brush the cake layers with 1/4 cup of dark rum. Allow the cake layers to rest at least 5 minutes.

Layer with Crema Pasticcera or Crema Pasticcera Cioccolato. Simply sprinkle the top layer of cake and confectioner's sugar.

Please describe the "paragini" recipe.

Hi, could it be a 'Babkka' bread that she made?? It is not italian, but in Conecticut, it is made always around Easter and Christmas, it is a bread with ricotta inside, and some put raisins also :( ....it is european, but not sure from where. AND the top is brushed with butta! I am not sure I spelled babkka correctly, but google it and see! Jan Clark

Wow..i have been looking for that rum cake recipe for years, i think i found the correct version, thank you, jan clark

thanks for the recipe i can't wait to try it the paragini is an italian pastry cut in squares it has confectioners sugar on top with vanilla ceam and chocolate crea inside i am wondering if it is almost the same recipe as the rum cake

Hmmm, there are similar recipes, but I'm trying to picture the pastry. Let me work on it.

My boyfriend is from Sicily and he has mentioned to me adish that his family makes called "Scuchad (sp)", can you help me with finding the recipe or at least giving me some guidance as to what it is? He also mentioned that it takes a long time to make. Any help would be greatly apreciated. All my best

Can you provide a description of the dish?

Many Italian-Americans don't use the proper names for dishes and it's difficult to know exactly what it is.