Sicilian Coffee Gelato Food

COFFEE GELATO

Steps:

• Mix milk, cream, and sugar together in a large bowl. Refrigerate to let sugar dissolve.
• Brew the coffee grounds with water in a coffee maker or French press. Refrigerate coffee until completely cooled, at least 30 minutes.
• Beat milk mixture using an electric mixture until slightly thickened to the consistency of buttermilk. Stir coffee into milk mixture.
• Transfer milk-coffee mixture to an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's instructions for making ice cream.

COFFEE GELATO RECIPE

Steps:

• Using a fork, whisk together egg yolks and sugar in a medium-sized bowl until the volume doubles (becomes frothy) and the color becomes a light yellow. Set aside.
• Add the milk and cream to a medium saucepan on low-to-medium heat. Blend the milk and cream by slowly mixing using a wooden spoon or whisk until a foam forms around the edges.
• Next, add the egg and sugar mixture to the saucepan with milk and cream. Continually stir until well blended and the mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon. Add a shot of chilled espresso. In lieu of espresso, a tablespoon of instant coffee mixed with a teaspoon of water will work just fine. Blend all together gently with a whisk.
• Pour the mixture through a sieve or fine strainer into a bowl. This will remove any solid pieces of egg and create a more smooth even texture. Cover and chill the gelato mixture for a minimum of four hours or let it set overnight in the refrigerator.
• Finally, add the gelato mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. Serve straight from the ice cream maker or spoon into a container, cover and freeze.
• Makes 1 pint

SICILIAN COFFEE GELATO

Steps:

• Soak ground coffee in boiling water for 10 minutes, then strain using coffee filter or a very fine screen.
• On medium to medium low heat 2 cups of milk, sugar and salt until steaming but boiling.
• Mix 1/2 cup milk with corn starch, no lumps.
• Pour milk & corn starch and coffee into into pan of hot milk. Stirring often. Keep on low heat and stir constantly until thicken. You want it thickened but you don't want to over cook it because the corn starch will break down and get runny.
• Once thickened, stir in vanilla and remove from heat.
• Pour into bowl and cool in refrigerator or freezer (cover with wrap to prevent skin forming on top).
• When mixture is completely cold, pour into your ice cream machine and churn per machine instructions. Add optional cookies in the last 5 minutes of churn time. I have a cuisinart and it took about 25 minutes to make.
• Put into freezer safe container with lid and store in freezer.

WHITE COFFEE GELATO

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks, sugar and salt until smooth and combined. In a small saucepan, warm the milk over medium heat. When small bubbles start forming around the edge, slowly pour half of the warm milk into the egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Whisk the warm egg mixture back into the remaining hot milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring continuously with a rubber spatula and being sure to scrape the bottom of the pan, for about 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened and the mixture coats the spatula. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and cream. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean bowl. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface and refrigerate until chilled, about 4 hours. Once cold, stir in the coffee beans and replace the plastic wrap on the surface. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours or overnight.
• Prepare the ice cream maker according to the manufacturer¿s instructions. Strain the coffee beans from the gelato base. Pour the base into the prepared ice cream maker and freeze until it is the texture of soft-serve ice cream, about 10 minutes. Remove the gelato from the ice cream maker and transfer to an airtight container. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly on top of the gelato before placing the lid on the container. Place in the freezer and freeze for an additional 2 hours before serving. Serve topped with shaved chocolate.
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COFFEE GELATO

Steps:

• Whisk yolks and sugar in large bowl to blend. Bring milk to boil in heavy medium saucepan. Gradually whisk hot milk into egg mixture; then whisk in espresso mixture. Return mixture to saucepan. Stir over medium heat until custard thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when finger is drawn across, about 8 minutes (do not boil). Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours.
• Process custard in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Freeze in covered container. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Keep frozen.)

SICILIAN CHOCOLATE GELATO

Steps:

• In medium saucepan bring 2 cups of the milk to a simmer.
• Meanwhile, whisk the remaining cup of milk with the sugar, cocoa, and cornstarch.
• Scrape the cocoa mixture into the hot milk. Cook, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and bubbles a little at the edges.
• Stir and cook for a minute longer.
• Strain through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a clean bowl and cool.
• Cover the surface of the mixture with plastic wrap and chill overnight. (You may also set the bowl over an ice bath and stir the hot gelato mixture frequently until cool).
• TO MAKE GELATO: Freeze according to the instructions with your ice cream maker. The mixture is thick to begin with and may take less time than average in the ice cream maker. Makes one scant quart ice cream.
• TO MAKE FUDGE POPS: Divide the chilled gelato base between the ice pop molds and place in the freezer overnight to set. These will have a slightly icy texture. (If you have an ice cream maker and would like a finer-textured fudge pop, freeze the gelato base according to the instructions with your ice cream maker and divide the mixture evenly between ice pop molds. Place in the freezer overnight to set.).
• TO MAKE GRANITA: Pour the chilled gelato base into a large, shallow baking dish (the shallower the dish, the faster the mixture will freeze) and place in the freezer. In about an hour, the liquid will begin to freeze along the sides of the pan. Using a fork, scrape the ice towards the center of the pan. Repeat this process every 20 minutes or so until all of the mixture is frozen and flaked.