Quick Tortoni Cups Recipes

CHRISTMAS TORTONI

Steps:

• Place paper or foil baking cup in each of 8 medium muffin cups, 2 1/2x1 1/4 inches. Mix cookie crumbs, almonds and 1/4 cup candied cherries; fold into ice cream.
• Divide ice-cream mixture among muffin cups. Decorate with red and green candied cherries. Freeze about 4 hours or until firm.

TORTONI

Steps:

• Scoop ice cream into a bowl; stir until smooth but not melted.
• Stir in pecans, chopped cherries, rum extract and vanilla.
• Spoon into foil baking cups; freeze until firm.
• To serve, garnish each with 1 t whipped cream and a cherry.

ALMOND TORTONI

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat egg white until foamy. Gradually beat in sugar, and continue beating until thick and glossy; set aside.
• Whip cream in a large bowl. Carefully fold in sherry, almond extract, macaroon crumbs, ground almonds, and chopped red and green cherries. Gently fold egg white into cream mixture.
• Spoon into 8 paper baking cups placed in medium size muffin tray. Sprinkle with slivered almonds. Cover muffin tray with clear plastic wrap, then wrap with aluminum foil. Freeze overnight.
• To serve: Let sit for 5 minutes at room temperature, then garnish with maraschino cherry halves.

TORTONI PUDDING DESSERT

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, butter, almonds, flour& coconut.
• Spread on cookie sheet or jelly roll pan and bake at 325 degrees until light brown.
• Stir several times for even browning.
• Remove from oven and let cool.
• Combine pudding mix and milk.
• Beat according to pudding directions.
• Fold in 3/4 of the container cool whip into pudding and chill overnight or for at least 2 hours.
• To serve, Place 1/2 of coconut crumb mixture in bottom of large glass bowl or serving dish.
• Add pudding and top with remaining coconut crumbs.
• or top with rest of cool whip and serve rest of coconut crumbs on the side.