19 March 2012

crème de la crème

Pitango Gelato is my all-time favorite gelato shop. Blending organic milk, cream, eggs, sugar, and produce from local farms, Pitango makes super flavorful gelato with a lovely clean finish.

© Pitango Gelato

Sadly, the branch near my mum has been discontinuing my favorite flavors one-by-one: Fior di Latte, Crème Fraîche, Yogurt, Black Tea... I hesitate to mention my current favorites for fear they could be next!

© Pitango Gelato

But I need no longer mourn the demise of Crème Fraîche, as I've just made my very own batch, again using a recipe from David Lebovitz' The Perfect Scoop:

Amazingly, it has the same creamy texture, slightly sharp flavor, and smooth finish as the Pitango version. And while I'd always rather go to Pitango, I suppose I better start looking out recipes for some of my other favorites...just in case!

10 comments:

  1. It looks delicious. I'm always in awe of your ice cream making skills.

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  2. Kristina, words fail me - it's just as well you don't live next door to me or I'd be overdosing on ice cream! It always looks irresistible!

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  3. Ooh sounds delicious.Black tea next?

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  4. For a moment I thought that was a London shop that I'd never heard of. Probably just as well, really!

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  5. Boy those flavours sound wonderful esp Fior di Latte! You make an ice-cream maker sound like a must have for sure!

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  6. I need to pull my ice cream maker out! this looks wonderful!

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  7. I think I might've picked a bad year to give up dairy.

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  8. The flavour of Crème Fraîche ice cream is an acquired taste: not very sweet, but very tangy!

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  9. That sounds delicious! Welcome back. Cat x

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