The history of gelato dates back to frozen desserts served in ancient Rome and Egypt made from ice (not ice cream) and snow brought down from mountaintops and preserved below ground.
Later, gelato appeared during banquets at the Medici court in Florence. In fact, the Florentine cook Bernardo Buontalenti is said to have invented modern ice creams in 1565, as he presented his recipe and his innovative refrigerating techniques to Caterina de' Medici. She in turn brought the novelty to France, where in 1686 the Sicilian fisherman Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli perfected the first ice cream machine.
The popularity of gelato among larger shares of the population however only increased in the 1920's-1930's as in the northern Italian city of Varese, where the first mobile gelato cart was developed.
Overview
Gelato is typically flavored with fresh fruit purees, cocoa and/or nut pastes. If other ingredients such as chocolate flakes, nuts, small confections, cookies, or biscuits are added, they are added after the gelato is frozen. Gelato made with fresh fruit, sugar, and water and without dairy ingredients is sorbetto.
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