DIFFICULTY: 3
1 hour and 45 minutes
INGREDIENTS PER 6 PEOPLE
milk, 1 1/4 cup
cream, 1/2 cup
white sugar, 3/4 cup
dark chocolate 80%, 1/2 pound
red hot pepper, 1
cherries, 1 pound
butter, 2 tbsp
PROCEDURE
In a pot put infuse the chopped pepper in the milk for an hour. Drain and set aside.
In a saucepan heat the cream, remove from heat, add chopped chocolate and 1/2 cup of sugar. Stir well and let it cool, then add the cold milk.
Pour into the drum of Il Gelataio – previously cooled in the freezer – and turn on the shovel. The gelato will be ready in about 25 minutes.
In a no stick pan put pitted cherries, butter and remaining sugar. Cook for few minutes at very low heat, until you have a syrup. Put them on a plate and let cool, setting aside the syrup.
Keep the gelato in the freezer until ready to serve.
Serve the gelato covered with cherries and syrup.
Thanks to Home Sweet Home Food.
