tortoni/tɔːˈtəʊni/EtymologyBorrowed from the Italian surname Tortoni; the dessert is usually regarded as named after Giuseppe Tortoni, a native of Naples, Italy, who was the proprietor of the famous Café Tortoni in Paris, France, in the early 19th century.nounAny of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.“Nevertheless, the municipal band still played three evenings a week to great crowds on the Punta and in Central Park, the theatres were full of gayety, and the most zealous revellers continued to eat tortonis and sip ices every evening in the pretty cafés that are half outdoors and almost on the sidewalk.”