tortoni

[ tawr-toh-nee ]

noun
  1. ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.

Origin of tortoni

1
First recorded in 1940–45; said to be after an Italian café owner in Paris in the 18th century

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tortoni

/ (tɔːˈtəʊnɪ) /


noun
  1. a rich ice cream often flavoured with sherry

Origin of tortoni

1
from Italian: probably from the name of a 19th-century Italian caterer in Paris

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