When I worked at the Gelateria Alberto Marchetti in Turin they had a menu of different affogatos. Affogato is traditionally made with coffee so this was their interpretation of it. You could pick a gelato flavour and mix something with it such as chocolate sauce or crema, similar to a hot custard. The custard reminded me of my grandma. When we were kids, she’d always serve custard with stewed fruit, often plums, and so this dish is a combination of those two memories. I love the colour of this sorbetto, the deep, deep red that comes from the fruit, with nothing else added.