Recipe of the Week – Espresso Gelato with Chocolate Shavings
February 24, 2009
(From The Dessert Collection at emealsforyou.com)
Espresso Gelato with Chocolate Shavings
I’m in a growth spurt, just like our kids experience growth spurts, except now mine are all about stretching my knowledge and abilities. I usually experience these quests for a better this or that after a period of extended “same ole, same ole.” I see something that keys my mind to investigate how to create dishes I haven’t done before. Last week I had two of these epiphanies, one with getting better at bread making and the other at understanding gelato. As I have already written about the bread thing it is time to go into the pursuit of great gelato.
First of all gelato is very rich and highly concentrated in flavor, so while the recipe below looks like it only makes a little it will be more than enough for a dinner party. For those of you who really like coffee ice cream I believe this will become your new favorite. Those around me know that I can’t just make one kind of anything so last week I made vanilla, chocolate and the above pictured espresso. I still have hazelnut to go this week; and while I stressed the mental growth spurt in this endeavor I do have to report that I did gain a few pounds getting the recipes just right.
Espresso Gelato with Chocolate Shavings
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | other (General) |
| 5 | large | egg, yolks |
| 1 | cup | sugar, white |
| 1.5 | cup | milk, whole |
| 0.5 | cup | water |
| 2 | Tb | espresso, instant, divided |
| 1 | Tb | chocolate, semi-sweet bar |
Whisk egg yolks and sugar together until light yellow. Place 1/2 of the espresso in the water in the microwave for 1 minute. Bring milk to a boil on the stove. Pour 1/3 of the milk into the egg/sugar mixture and whisk. Pour remaining milk into the egg/sugar mixture, add the espresso mixture and continue to whisk. Pour mixture back into the pan and heat over low-medium heat, stirring constantly until thick (do not boil). Sprinkle remaining espresso powder into mixture and stir. When you put a spoon into the mixture and remove it you can draw a line with your finger on the spoon. Cool the mixture in the frig. Pour into an ice cream maker and allow it to reach a custard consistency. Shave chocolate into small pieces and add to ice cream maker just before you remove the gelato. Place in a storage container and seal with a lid. Freeze in the freezer until hard.
(See more gelato recipes in the Dessert Collection at emealsforyou.com)
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