 Stracciatella ice cream cone | |
| Type | Ice cream |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Italy |
| Region or state | Lombardy |
| Created by | Enrico Panattoni |
| Invented | 1961 |
| Main ingredients | Milk,cream,sugar,milk chocolate |
| Ingredients generally used | Dark chocolate |
Stracciatella (Italian:[strattʃaˈtɛlla]) is a variety ofgelato with fine strands of drizzledchocolate stirred through it. It was originally created inBergamo, northern Italy, at the Ristorante La Marianna in 1961.Stracciatella was inspired bystracciatella soup, made from broth into which beaten egg is drizzled, popular aroundRome.
Makers produce the effect by drizzling melted chocolate into plain milk ice cream towards the end of the churning process; the chocolate solidifies immediately after coming in contact with the cold ice cream, and is then broken up and incorporated into the ice cream with aspatula.[1] This process creates the shreds of chocolate that givestracciatella its name,[2] the word meaning 'little shred' inItalian. Whilestracciatella ice cream traditionally involves milk ice cream and milk chocolate, modern variations can also be made withvanilla and dark chocolate.[3]
Enrico Panattoni, the owner ofLa Marianna, agelateria inBergamo, in northern Italy, invented the dish in 1961.[4][n 1] According to Panattoni, the idea came to him after he had grown tired of stirring eggs into broth to satisfy customers of his restaurant who kept asking forstracciatella soup.[4][7]
He was passionate about cooking and pastry and, after numerous experiments, he produced a whiteice cream made ofcream peppered with irregular pieces ofdark chocolate. During the freezing process, he inserted a dose of melted dark chocolate that was instantly solidified and then shredded by the paddles of the ice-cream machine.
The melted chocolate that solidifies and shatters in the batch freezer is reminiscent of theegg that binds in the boiling broth of thestracciatella alla romana. "Stracciatella alla romana was the most famous consommé and, along with that soup, I was looking for an ice cream that could be loved and appreciated by my customers", said Panattoni.[8]
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