Pumpkin Gelato and The Gelato Moment
Discover your own “gelato moment” with this easy to make Pumpkin Gelato.
I had this fantastic Pumpkin Gelato at Nostrana last week while visiting my daughter for her birthday. So today, I tried to replicate it with great results (it is fantastic and I can imagine it would be a huge hit at Thanksgiving too).
Here is the recipe I adapted from several I found online combined with an ingredient I think was in the Nostrana gelato:
Ingredients:
1 15 oz can of organic pumpkin puree
half the pumpkin can with heavy whipping cream
half the pumpkin can with whole milk
2 tbs organic sour cream
1/3 cup organic sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
Pinch of salt
Directions:
Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix with a whisk until well mixed together. Place in a cuisinart ice cream maker and mix for 30 minutes. For the gelato, remove from the ice cream maker and put it into a bowl. Freeze for 24 hours. If you’re okay with ice cream, just keep going with the ice cream maker until the ice cream is firm. Gelato though has less air in it – so for a real gelato experience, remove before it’s completely frozen.
Besides the incredibleness of this dessert, I was inspired for other reasons to attempt making gelato like we had last week in Portland. I have not been a gelato or ice cream connesiur. My daughter still wonders why she is not in possession of my Cuisinart ice cream maker (this is the one that has a built in compressor). I had a foodie friend though who is a huge fan of gelato so I am thankful I collected my borrowed Ice Cream maker when I moved from Portland. One of the many things I love about my foodie friends is how in the moment they are when enjoying something that is so absolutely spectacular. This one foodie friend opened my mind up to how this could be so with gelato. So now, whenever something is so absolutely perfect in the moment – I call it “the gelato moment.”
I hope by enjoying this pumpkin gelato, you can discover your own gelato moment – and with it, the absolute perfection of your entire life.
