Stawberry Gelato
Today’s recipe is Strawberry Gelato. I love gelato. While I love ice cream also, gelato usually tastes more intensely of the fresh fruit it’s made from. This recipe definately follows that, so be sure and use flavorful, fresh strawberries.
I was really anxious to try this recipe because it only contains 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream and no eggs. I’m used to making home-made ice cream and using a couple of cups of cream and 1/2 dz or so egg yolks. Not the most healthy thing to eat. This gelato was less rich than a heavy ice-cream, but as I mentioned earlier, it’s all about the flavor of strawberries.
For this recipe, you puree strawberries and sugar in a food processor, then add some water and puree more. You then mix this in with lightly whipped heavy cream, and then process in your ice-cream maker. It couldn’t get any easier than this! I can’t wait to try this with other berries also.
The whole point of a fruit gelato (interesting how Italian has only one word for ice cream, whereas English needs two) is that burst of freshness and bright fruit flavor, and you never, ever get that when you add eggs.