Cat Cora's Ice Cream Sundaes

Another ice cream post? Do I dare? You bet.

You know what would be really cool? If I could open up my own ice cream shopp(e?), and have like, 50 different flavors. I would do Vanilla for Sue, Texas Praline-Pecan for Anj, Double Chocolate-Chip for Tracy, Peanut Butter-Toffee for Anna, Low-Fat Fig for Annie, Banana-Peanut Butter for Jenny, Red Bean for Heather, Apricot for Catherine, Lemon Meringue for Deborah, Sticky Toffee Pudding for Jenn, Orange and Marcona for Núria, Soy for Val, Apple Pie for Mallow, Coke for Rachel, Cabernet for Valli, Coconut for Cynthia, and something really, really, strong for Amy. That's only 17 flavors, but I'm tired.
What's your favorite ice cream?

I asked my dad what he wanted for his birthday dessert. He said he would think about it. Later on in the day, he started talking about an ice cream sundae that Cat Cora made on some show. I think it might have been the Today Show, but I don't know. Are you familiar with Cat Cora? She's the hot woman chef on Iron Chef America, as well as the Executive Chef of Bon Appétit magazine. She's Greek, but she's from Mississippi. Hey look! She has her own blog, too.

Dad said that she poured amaretto and espresso in a sundae glass, placed a couple of scoops of homemade coffee ice cream on top, followed by toasted hazelnuts, chocolate ganache, and whipped cream. I took this as a sign that Cat's sundae was his dessert of choice.
I seached the internet for Cat Cora Sundae, and sure enough, I found the recipe. It's called Affogato.

These were really, really, good. I loved the homemade coffee-infused ice cream. The amaretto, espresso, and ganache, were equally delicious. We don't have hazelnuts here, so I used toasted almonds and pistachios. That's the only change I made with the recipe. Oh wait. Heh, heh. I used half-and-half, instead of milk.

Sorry the picture isn't great, but when it's somebody's birthday, it's hard to schedule in a photo shoot of the dessert.
Guess what? I made a little movie of me making a sundae. I'm having trouble uploading it, though. I'll keep trying, but I don't have much hope.