Peach Gelato from Italy

Peach Gelato is an Italian ice cream that is like no other. Mixing egg yolks and cream to give a custard texture with sweet peaches swirling together is the perfect summer dessert.

In most European countries, Italian Gelato is the only thing to buy for an ice cream cone. It's my favorite dessert for summer and making it with an ice cream maker makes it easy without too much effort. 

Bernardo Buontalenti who was a native of Florence who created a form of the modern gelato to impress the court of Catherina dei Medici. It slowly made its way to the United States in 1770 with an Italian native Giovanni Biasiolo. Yet it didn't grow in popularity because right about the same time, the hand crank freezer was invented and homemade ice cream overshadowed gelato.

Today gelato is back and adding some Georgia peaches adds the unity of two countries to blend the perfect gelato. Let's face it nothing beats a Georgia peach.  Now let's start on these fresh peaches frozen gelato that is better than a peach pie.

Simple Ingredients From Grocery Store

• yellow peaches
• peach flavor
• whole milk
• heavy cream
• lemon juice
• vanilla bean
• eggs
• salt

How to Make Peach Gelato

Cream Mix

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 vanilla bean
• dash of salt

Eggs

• 5 egg yolks room temperature
• ½ cup of sugar
• ½ cup Monin peach flavor

Peaches

• 1 cup peaches
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

• Peel the peaches and then cut them into bite-size.

• Add a little butter to a cast iron along with the lemon and saute the peaches until they caramelize into a golden color, then place aside.

• Add the cream and the milk to a pot and set to medium heat, do not boil.
• Separate the egg yolks and add the yolks to the bowl, then add the sugar and then mix.

• Add ½ cup of the warm milk and slowly temper in the egg mix so as not to cook the yolks. Slice the vanilla bean and add to the mix.

• Pour the Monin Peach mixture and egg yolks into the warm milk and mix quickly not to cook the egg mix. Mix slowly until the mix thickens and coats the back of a spoon.

• Once the mix has thickened, pour into an airtight container and place in the freezer for about an hour.
• Pour the mixture into the ice cream maker and close the lid. Turn on for 30 minutes.

• When the mix thickens, add the cooked peaches to blend into the gelato.

• Once the gelato is done turn, remove the gelato and place into an airtight container in the freezer until you're ready to serve.

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I know there are tons of gelato recipes to try and I plan to make more for a hot summer day. Right now ripe peaches are everywhere so making fruit gelato is so easy with the Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. I love this machine and gelato has become our favorite dessert. You don't need years of experience to make gelato just a good ice cream machine. Hope you enjoyed our journey today with an Italian favorite. Until next time my beautiful friends as my quest for the perfect bite continues. As they say in Italy, Buon appetito!