Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! Do you know anyone who doesn’t love it? If so, I’d love to hear about it (except if it’s due to allergies). For me, the darker the chocolate the better, although for chocolate bars, 90% would be my top limit. I thought I had had excellent chocolate gelato – with almonds or…
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A Visit with Gelato’s Mad Scientist: Death in Venice’s Kaya Ogruce
Death in Venice Gelato’s Kaya Ogruce tastes his own product.
The Best Hazelnut Gelato Recipe
The best Hazelnut gelato “The secret to the deep hazelnut flavour of this gelato is slow roasting the nuts until they are a dark golden brown and deliciously aromatic,” Mario Batali* writes in his Molto Gusto cookbook. He advocates roasting them for 25-30 minutes and says, “Be brave…this is what gives this gelato its intense flavour.” And…
Summers in Prince Edward County with Slickers Campfire Ice Cream
Burnt marshmallows make a great gelato flavour.
Campfire, or burnt marshmallow gelato recipe
The secret to making burnt marshmallow gelato is found in this recipe.
Only as good as your ingredients?
Good gelato equipment is essential and these products will help you get set up.
Gelato Flavour Diary
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of being and ideal grace. Elizabeth Barret Browning (1806-1861) must have known something about gelato. The utter multiplicity of flavours (gusti) in Italian is truly astonishing….
Best way to make hazelnut gelato
“The secret to the deep hazelnut flavour of this gelato is slow roasting the nuts until they are a dark golden brown and deliciously aromatic,” Mario Batali* writes in his Molto Gusto cookbook. He advocates roasting them for 25-30 minutes and says, “Be brave…this is what gives this gelato its intense flavour.” And he is…
Hazelnuts: Gelato’s Holy Grail
Hazelnuts are the holy grail of gelato making. At some gelatarias, you can taste anything but hazelnut gelato, as they are more expensive to make. They start out then as forbidden fruit (or nuts), and one of the reasons is Nutella, the wildly popular chocolate-hazelnut spread. Ferrero (the company that invented Nutella consumes almost a…
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