
Sicilian Cassata Gelato
Inspired by Sicily's iconic cassata cake, this creamy & sweet gelato is loaded with almond flavor and candied fruit. Add sponge cake during extraction for extra flavor and texture.
Recipe
Ingredients
Scaled yield: 2,000g
- Granulated Sugar (Sucrose) 12.8% of recipe256g
- Glucose Powder (DE 40-42) 4% of recipe80g
- Dextrose 1.1% of recipe22g
- Neutro 0.1% of recipe2g
- Superneutro Milk 0.6% of recipe12g
- Nonfat Dry Milk Powder 3.5% of recipe70g
- Whole Milk (3.25% fat) 59% of recipe1,180g
- Heavy Cream (36% fat) 12% of recipe240g
- Almond Extract 0.2% of recipe4g
- Cassata Siciliana Paste with Candied Fruit 6.5% of recipe130g
- Citrus Zest optional 0.2% of recipe4g
Allergens: dairy, tree_nuts
Process
Method
- 1
Mix the sugar, superneutro, and neutro together first.
- 2
Add the glucose, dextrose, and nonfat milk powder. Whisk well.
- 3
Add the dairy, almond extract, citrus zest (if using) and cassata paste. Blend for 1 - 2 minutes with an immersion blender.
- 4
Heat the base until 85 degrees Celsius.
- 5
Freeze until -6 or -7 degrees Celsius. Extract and blast freeze 8- 10 minutes (optional) prior to serving.
Tip: During extraction, mix in finely crumbled sponge cake (optional).
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