Mmmmm....Gelato

Did someone say Italian ice cream.......YEP! Gelato is my favorite kind of icecream because its so rich and flavorful and you know its always gonna be good quality eats. Aside from Coldstone creamery ice cream that is. The only problem is they serve such small portions and is super expensive! So i have decided to try making some homemade gelato! I have made my gelato it is cooling and i will post more pics of the final product tomorrow! :o)

Here i have already whipped the egg yolks and sugar to make them light and fluffy tempered the eggs with 1 cup hot milk and poured the eggs into the hot milk to cook. You must cook the mixture to 180 f

When mixture is ready pour into a heatproof container, cover with plastic wrap so that it does not form a skin and cool for at least 2 hours

When mixture has cooled pour it into your icecream maker, mine takes about 20 minutes to reach soft serve. You can eat it up right now or freeze it so that it can get hard like icecream

Mmmm....Bananas Foster and Deeply Chocolate Gelato....this was divine

Bananas Foster Gelato

2/3 C brown sugar
5 egg yolks
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 3/4c whole milk
1/4 heavy cream
2 ripe bananas
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tbsp dark rum (recommended Aneo)
1 tsp vanilla

1. Beat yolks, sugar and cinnamon with electric mixer with paddle attatchment for 4 minutes until light yellow and fluffy.
2. heat milk, cream and 1/2 tsp salt slowly do not boil. Add 1 cup of hot milk to egg mixture slowly whipping eggs as you pour (do not create scrabbled eggs)
3. Pour egg mixture into hot milk whisking continuously as you pour continue to heat milk mixture to 180 f. Or until mixture coats back of spoon.
4. remove from pan and place in ice water to cool for a few minutes. In the mean time add lemon to bananas and mash.
5. Add bananas to milk with rum and vanilla
6. place plastic over mixture so that it does not form a skin refidgerate 2 hours minimum and pour into ice cream machine.
7. when ice cream has formed add chopped pecans and 2 crushed chocolate toffee bars
top with fresh sliced bananas and caramel

Recipe adapted from BHG

DEEPLY CHOCOLATE GELATO Taken from Foodnetwork.com
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