A base recipe for multiple gelato flavours
During one of my trips to Italy, I bought a gelato (ice-cream) machine at the supermarket. Despite having it for few weeks, I used it many times already. It is not a high brand machine and it does not have a cooling system of its own. You need to put in the freezer one part of the machine where the ingredients of the gelato will be mixed and cooled down. I started exploring many different gelato flavours. Here is the base recipe I used.
Ingredients for 800/1000ml
- 250 ml soy cream (substitutable with lactose free cream)
- 250 ml of soy milk (substitutable with lactose free milk or other vegan milks)
- 50 gr sugar
- Toppings (chocolate chips, hazelnut pieces)
I used soya milk, soya cream and chocolate chips to make Stracciatella flavour.
Process:
- Start by pouring the cream, milk and the sugar in a mixer blend them together for a couple of minutes.
- Start your gelato machine and let it run a few minutes based on the machine instructions.
- Add the mixture in the machine and let run for 15 min based on machine instructions.
- Add the chocolate chips or other toppings and let the gelato machine work for another 5 min.
- Pour out the gelato in a container suitable for the freezer and let it cool down for at least 4 hours before serving it.
Variants:
Another types of gelato flavours I made were with
- Lactose free hazelnut: lactose free cream, hazelnut milk and hazelnut chips.
- Coconut Stracciatella: Coconut cream, coconut milk and chocolate chips
Main tools needed for the preparation:
- Blender/mixer
- Gelato Machine
Gallery
(tap on the pictures to open full screen)Image 1 Ingredients
Image 2 Blending the ingredients
Image 3 Actioning the gelato machine
Image 4 Soy Stracciatella
Published on 12 June 2024