Well I’m sure you’ve decided by now that while spumoni might make a delicious Italian dessert, it’s A LOT of work. I wanted to provide a reasonably authentic recipe for this delicious dessert for those who wanted to hone their culinary skills. However, the tedious and time consuming recipe listed in the post above is not one that everyone wants to try.

With this in mind, I looked for an easier, more user-friendly recipe that would allow more people to try spumoni without the huge investment of time, energy, and skill. The recipe that I bring you today will be easier and faster to prepare and offers the opportunity to be selective in the ingredients for those who are conscious of fats, calories and carbohydrates.

Easy Spumoni

• Divide half a gallon of vanilla ice cream into 2 parts, 1 quart each.
• You need 1 liter of chocolate ice cream
• 1 bottle of maraschino cherries
• Aroma of rum
• 1 package of instant pistachio pudding
• Almond flavoring
• sliced ​​almonds

For the first layer:

• Thinly slice the maraschino cherries and cover the bottom of a square pan with them.
• Add the rum flavoring to your liking to a serving of the softened vanilla ice cream.
• Spread this mixture over the thinly sliced ​​cherries in the square pan.
• Freeze this mixture.

For the second layer:

• After the first layer has frozen for several hours, take the remaining portion of the vanilla ice cream and allow it to soften.
• Mix half of the pistachio pudding package with the softened ice cream.
• Spread this mixture over the cherry vanilla mixture and let it freeze for several hours.

For the third layer:

• Add almond flavoring to taste to the softened chocolate ice cream.
• Spread this chocolate mixture over the two vanilla mixes.
• Place the sliced ​​almonds on top of the chocolate ice cream.
• Let the entire mixture freeze for several hours.
• Serve as you would a regular ice cream.

Enjoy this simpler recipe for this delicious Italian dessert. Feel free to substitute for the reduced fat or no added sugar ice creams if you’d like to meet the dietary needs of your friends and family … or if you’re feeling brave … if you’re feeling REALLY brave … try the REAL recipe. … either way, you will surprise your guests when you serve them this delicious and delicious Italian dessert. Have a lot of fun with this recipe and create your own variations and give it your own twist. The fun of cooking lies in large part in your ability to use your imagination to make it “yours.” I found that once you start “improvising”, you will be hooked for life!

One note: Spumoni usually has claret sauce drizzled on top. I found the following recipe:

Boil 1 cup of sugar and 1/4 cup of water for 8 minutes; cool slightly and add 1/3 cup claret or clear red wine.

Enjoy your meal!