Chef Jason Cichonski wanted the cookie-dough chunks in his Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream to be soft and melty, not hard.
So he did something about it. Behold, the hot chocolate chip cookie dough dessert on the menu at Ela, his new Queen Village corner restaurant.
The base of the dessert is vanilla semifreddo tinged with bay leaf. It's complemented by a banana jam and dark chocolate shavings. The magic is in the you-pour-it sauce, which tastes like milk after the cookies have been dunked, or, as Cichonski describes, a thinner cookie dough.
Upscale comfort done right.
- Ashley Primis