Gelato is Italian ice cream, made with a base of milk, cream, and sugar, and flavored with fruit and nut purees and other flavourings.
Five interesting facts about gelato:
- While ice cream is made with cream and must have at least a 10% fat content, gelato is made with mostly milk, so it’s lower (about 4-8%) in fat.
- It has 20 to 30 percent air, while ice cream can contain 50 percent or more air churned into it.
- It is served 10 to 15 degrees warmer than ice cream.
- It is creamier, smoother and silkier, as well as denser and more elastic and fluid, than ice cream.
- It isn’t scooped, it’s served with a spade.
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| Gelato, Mestre, Italy |
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| Gelato, Rome, Italy |
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| Gelato, Sora, Italy |
Which do you like better, gelato or ice cream? Feel free to post a comment below.
We have enjoyed eating gelato before. It is extremely good but a little goes a long way. So rich and yummy
ReplyDeleteI tried gelato once, but I was not too impressed. I am just an ice cream kind of girl.
ReplyDeleteI far prefer gelato to ice cream. I was in Greece for 10 days and we had gelato every day!!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures look SO good. I want to go out and get some gelato, but honestly, I am not sure that there is a good gelato place in my home town. :/
ReplyDeleteI love a good gelato. My favorites being the fruit flavors. I tend to like the texture better than regular ice cream.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this looks amazing! I don't think I've ever actually had gelato but I want to try it now. :)
ReplyDeleteI love how you laid out the five interesting facts about gelato. Now I know better! Great instagramable pictures, looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures and I love Gelato. Their taste is amazing and mouth-watering. I wish I could have one now but have a bad throat.
ReplyDeleteWow! Those pictures of gelato are really mouth watering! Definitely make me want to go to nearest mall who are selling ice cream!! - Chuck
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