"Elegant Quickie" by Senator Warren Magnuson

You’re a busy adult. You have kids or a job or a crisis or a dog or something. You don’t always have time to make homemade macarons like some French chef. Sometimes, you need something fast and dirty; easy, yet refined. Upscale, yet completely ordinary in every way. I present to you, Senator Warren Magnuson’s Elegant Quickie.

Chef Warren Magnuson

Democratic Senator from Washington

As always, I followed the recipe word for word from the senator who ran for reelection on being old, fat, and smart, no alterations:

INGREDIENTS

1 scoop of coffee ice cream

1 tbsp Cointreau

1/2 a maraschino cherry

1 nutmeat (almond, walnut, or pecan)

INSTRUCTIONS

1) Place ice cream into serving dish or long stemmed glass.

I went with a lovely piece of stemmed glassware that my mother-in-law got me for Christmas years ago.

2) Spoon Cointreau over ice cream and garnish with cherry and nutmeat. Serve immediately. Makes one serving.

Voila! If you want to actually watch me attempt to eat it, go to the CwC Instagram or TikTok. Two steps. Just like that. Certainly a quickie. Sort of elegant, too! I say “sort of” because despite the large size of the scoop, it’s still not quite big enough to fill the glass. But who has 3oz coupe glasses? Either way, the garnish adds the elegance — I went with a walnut nutmeat, which I think is the nicest-looking nutmeat out of all the nutmeat options. Nutmeat.

Verdict:

The liquor bites back hard every other spoonful, but this is generally just coffee ice cream with a chaser of booze. If you’ve got an alcoholic grandma from the Silent Generation, serve with impunity.