Recipe - Orestes Dessert (La Copa Oreste)

24 lg Amaretti cookies
One fourth cn Anise flavored liqueur
One fourth cup Rum
4 lg Eggs
One half cn Sugar
1 pound Mascarpone cheese, softened
1 ounce Bittersweet chocolate (bloc)

Put three cookies in each of 8 champagne glasses/glass goblets or small
glass dessert bowls. Mix the rum and anise liqueur together and drizzle
over the cookies. Beat the eggs and sugar in a medium bowl until light in
color. Beat in the mascarpone until smooth and creamy. Spoon One half cup of
the mascarpone mixture into each goblet. Cover with plastic wrap and
refridgerate until firm..(about 2 hours). (Can refrigerate overnight)
Serving: Draw a small knife across the block of chocolate to make
chocolate shavings. Sprinke shavings over each dessert and serve
immediately

Oreste, where this dessert originated is a restaraunt in Modena, Italy.
Per serving: 369 Calories; 29g Fat (74% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 17g
Carbohydrate; 168mg Cholesterol; 61mg Sodium
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #232

Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 12:50:07 0400

From: "CIndy Rogers" crogers@coastalnet.com