Ultimate Italian ice cream sandwich recipe

June 2, 11:16 AMMinneapolis Dessert ExaminerLisa Patrin

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Italian ice cream sandwiches  Photo: Lisa Patrin

The name pizzelle means "flat or round" in Italian.  Pizzelle cookies have a waffle like appearance and are typically made from a batter of flour, sugar, eggs and butter.  They are often flavored with anise or vanilla.  These crisp, thin cookies are wonderful on their own and even better sandwiched together with a refreshing scoop of ice cream.  Pizzelle irons are readily available at most kitchen stores.  I own one and love to make these cookies myself when time permits.  This recipe utilizes premade pizzelles which allows for quick assembly and virtually no clean up in the kitchen.  Pizzelle cookies can be purchased at most Italian deli's.  Delmonico's on Summer street in N.E. Minneapolis offers the anise flavored version.  I purchased the chocolate variety in the deli area of my local Cub store.  The brand is Little Pepi's.  They are uniform in size and sturdy enough to handle the spreading of softened ice cream on the top.  They are available in 9 ounce packages and have approximately 24 cookies per package.  In about 10 minutes time I had assembled the cookies and placed them in the freezer for later use.  They were the perfect dessert solution for our busy weekend.  A great grab n' go treat!

Ultimate Italian ice cream sandwiches

Ingredients:

• 24 premade chocolate pizzelle cookies
• 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
• 1 bottle Hershey's double chocolate sundae syrup

Procedure:

Carefully spread a generous scoop of softened ice cream on the top of one pizzelle cookie.  Drizzle with chocolate syrup, top with a second pizzelle and carefully press together until ice cream just reaches the edges.  Wrap in Reynolds Cling Wrap and place in the freezer.  Repeat until all cookies have been used.  Reserve remaining ice cream and chocolate sauce for future sundae use.  Freeze for at least 2 hours prior to eating, this allows the ice cream to reharden.   Yield is approximately 12 depending on the number of cookies in your package. 

 Flavor twists:

Try stirring a handful of chocolate chips, fresh raspberries or sliced strawberries into the ice cream before spreading, drizzling with chocolate sauce and assembling.  Allow creativity be your guide, use whatever flavor of ice cream appeals to you and add ingredients based on the tastes of your family and friends. 

Adult dessert Suggestion: 

In a small decorative bowl or martini glass, add two scoops of vanilla ice cream and drizzle generously with port wine.  I suggest using a good flavored port, I chose raspberry as that is what I had on hand.  Break a pizzelle into several pieces and press gently and decoratively into the top of the ice cream.  I served this last weekend and it was an easy, elegant dessert  to enjoy with friends on the patio after a long, satisfying day of gardening in the sunshine.

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