Welcome to another love bloghop! This month we are making ice cream.
As i’ve said before, David Lebovitz’s The Perfect Scoop is one of my favorite cookbooks and I never pass up a chance to use it.
His recipe for gianduja gelato has been one my list of things to make. Hazelnut and chocolate combinations are a weakness for me.
I haven’t had a chance to try real gianduja but I figured gelato couldn’t be a bad substitution.
David’s recipe calls for infusing hazelnuts in milk then using the milk in your ice cream base. Instead of doing that I decided to just use this wonderful creation called hazelnut paste.
Have you had hazelnut paste? It’s like a deliciously sweet nut butter. Perfect for ice cream. Want to try your own hazelnut paste? Check out more information here!
The final result was similar to Ferrero Rocher chocolates or nutella… Silky, sweet with an underlying nutty flavor.
Note: these bowls are perfect for storing things. The liquidy ice cream base didn’t leak at all! I have been using them for everything lately.
Gianduja Gelato
Adapted from The Perfect Scoop
Ingredients
- 1 cup hazelnut paste
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup half and half
- 1/2 cup suagr
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 6 oz dark chocolate
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Directions
- Warm 1 cup of milk with the half and half, sugar and salt. Once the sugar has dissolved add the hazelnut paste. Set aside.
- Put the chocolate (either chopped or in chips) in a bowl and warm the remaining 1 cup of milk. Pour the hot milk over the chocolate and stir to melt. Place a mesh strainer over the bowl.
- Rewarm the mixture in 1 large pot. In a bowl whisk together the egg yolks together. While continuing to whisk slowly pour some of the warmed hazelnut mixture into the bowl. Continue to do this very slowly until the eggs have warmed up enough to mix everything together in the pot.
- Stir it all together over medium heat until it is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon or spatula. Remove from the heat then stir in the vanilla. Pour through the mesh strainer to mix with the chocolate mixture.
- Stir completely then chill in a covered bowl overnight. Once completely chilled pour into your ice cream maker and follow the manufactures directions.
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Hazelnut paste…I wonder how different that is from Nutella? When I’m in Aruba (Dutch island, therefore AMAZING European-influenced desserts), they sell Hazelnut Paste in the grocery stores next to PB and they have white choc paste, and they have cookie butter spread…I have to buy it next time I’m there!
I finally got biscoff and it’s amazing! This is more like a super sweet nut butter. Perfect for desserts.
I also meant to say it’s a lot different than nutella. No chocolate and it has some texture to it.
This is absolutely going on my must make list for #icecreamlove month! I love the combo of hazelnuts and chocolate. It sounds so yummy-i can almost taste it now!
I’m swooning over this one. I have no idea if we have hazelnut paste in Australia but I’m going to look for it!
This sounds and looks amazing!!! I’ve never seem hazelnut paste, but I’m going hunting!
This icecream sounds amazing!
I have not had hazelnut paste but now I will be looking for it to try. The ice cream sounds wonderful. Summertime deliciousness.
Your gelato looks heavenly, especially with the chocolate and hazelnut flavors. I hope that I can find hazelnut paste. did you find it at a specialty store? Sending lots of #icecreamlove your way!
I had to order it online. No one near me carried that or pistachio paste in stores.
Gelato is my kryptonite! Can’t wait to give this recipe a go
“Happy Cooking”
Gianduja ice cream is the first flavour I ever made with my ice cream maker and absolutely heavenly! I made mine with milk steeped in roasted crushed hazelnuts, but love the idea of using a paste. Yum!
I saw hazelnut and then I saw “gelato” and you had me hooked. Thanks for sharing the ice cream love!