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…