Best Almond Gelato Ii Best Recipes

ALMOND AFFOGATO

Steps:

• In a 1-cup glass measuring cup, mix together the espresso and almond extract. Scoop 1/2 cup of the ice cream into each of 4 dessert bowls or glasses. Pour 1 shot of hot espresso or 2 tablespoons of the espresso powder mixture over each. Sprinkle with toasted almonds and serve immediately.

FRESH CITRUS WITH GELATO AND ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Divide the blood oranges, navel oranges and grapefruit decoratively among 4 shallow dessert bowls. Sprinkle with the flake salt and the crumbled almond cookies. Top each serving with a scoop of gelato and drizzle evenly with the olive oil and honey. Serve immediately.

ALMOND ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, cook ½ cup sliced almonds with the sugar and the salt over medium heat until deeply golden and caramelized, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Reserve.
• In the same pot, toast 1 cup sliced almonds until deeply golden, about 5 minutes. Add cream, milk, sugar and salt to the pot and simmer until sugar completely dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat. In a separate bowl, whisk yolks. Whisking constantly, slowly whisk about a third of the hot cream into the yolks, then whisk the yolk mixture back into the pot with the cream.
• Return pot to medium-low heat and gently cook until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 170 degrees on an instant-read thermometer). Remove from heat and let steep 1 hour.
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing down hard on the solids. Add almond extract to base and cool mixture to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Churn in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions. Break reserved caramelized nuts into pieces and add to base during the last 2 minutes of churning. Serve directly from the machine for soft serve, or store in freezer until needed.

TRIO OF GELATI

Steps:

• For coffee gelato:
• Mix rum and instant coffee in small bowl until coffee dissolves. Whisk sugar, cornstarch, and salt in heavy medium saucepan until no cornstarch lumps remain. Gradually whisk in milk. Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; whisk in coffee mixture. Press plastic wrap onto surface of gelato base. Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours. Transfer gelato base to ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer gelato to container; cover and freeze.
• For chocolate-almond gelato:
• Combine almonds, sugar, cornstarch, and salt in processor; blend until nuts are finely ground. Transfer nut mixture to heavy medium saucepan. Gradually whisk in milk. Whisk over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and whisk until melted. Mix in almond extract. Press plastic wrap onto surface of gelato base. Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours. Transfer gelato base to ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer gelato to container; cover and freeze.
• For zabaglione gelato:
• Combine 1/3 cup milk, egg yolks, sugar, Marsala, and salt in medium stainless steel bowl; whisk to blend. Place bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water). Whisk until thick and thermometer registers 160°F, about 5 minutes. Remove bowl from over water. Whisk in remaining 1 cup milk. Press plastic wrap onto surface of gelato base. Chill until cold, about 3 hours. Transfer gelato base to ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer gelato to container; cover and freeze. (All gelati can be made 3 days ahead. Keep frozen.)

ALMOND GELATO II BEST

Steps:

• 1. Heat the milk and cream in a medium saucepan set over medium heat until tiny bubbled fizz around the pan's inner rim. Adjust the heat so the mixture stays this hot but does not come to a boil. 2. Place the almond paste and sugar in a large food processor fitted with the chopping blade; process until the texture of find sand, about 1 minute. Stop the machine, add the yolks all at once, and process until light and thick, about 2 minutes. (note: if you don't process enough, the end result will taste grainy from the almond paste--still delicious, but a weird texture.) 3. With the machine running, dribble in about half of the hot milk mixture through the feed tube; process until smooth. Then whisk this mixture back into the pan with the remaining hot milk mixture. Instantly reduce the heat to very low--if you have electric burners, place the pan on a second burner just now set on low. Cook slowly, stirring all the while, until the mixture thickens to the consistency of wet but smooth pancake batter and can coat the back of a wooden spoon, a little less than 2 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a clean bowl to get rid of any extraneous bits of scrambled egg (and almond paste debris); stir in the almond extract and salt. Refrigerate until cold, for at least 4 hours, or overnight. 4. Just before making the gelato, place the almond custard and your ice cream maker's dasher, if possible, in the freezer to shock them extra cold, for nor more than 10 minutes. (we're trying this on our second batch which is being made tonight and tomorrow--it took a long time for this gelato to set up the first time.) 5. Freeze the custard in your ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's directions. Serve at once--or transfer to a large container or several smaller containers, seal tightly and store in the freezer for up to one 1 month. Soften at room temperature for up to 10 minutes before serving. --The Ultimate Frozen Dessert Book