Stracciatella (ice cream)

Stracciatella (Italian pronunciation: [strattʃaˈtɛlla]) is a variety of gelato, consisting of milk-based ice cream filled with fine, irregular shavings of chocolate.[1] It was originally created in Bergamo, northern Italy, at the ‘Ristorante La Marianna’ in 1961, and was inspired by stracciatella soup, made from egg and broth, which is popular around Rome. It is one of the most renowned Italian gelato flavours.[2]

Stracciatella
Stracciatella over chocolate ice cream
TypeIce cream
Place of originItaly
Region or stateLombardy
Created byEnrico Panattoni
Invented1961
Main ingredientsice-cream

Description

Makers produce the effect by drizzling melted chocolate into plain milk ice cream towards the end of the churning process; chocolate solidifies immediately coming in contact with the cold ice cream, and is then broken up and incorporated into the ice cream with a spatula.[1] This process creates the shreds of chocolate that give stracciatella its name.[3] (Stracciatella in Italian means "little shred".) While stracciatella ice cream traditionally involves milk ice cream and milk chocolate, modern variations can also be made with vanilla and dark chocolate.[4]

Origin

Enrico Panattoni, the owner of La Marianna, a gelateria in Bergamo in northern Italy, invented the dish in 1961.[5][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 for stracciatella soup.[5]

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See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. The youngest member of a family of peasant farmers from Altopascio di Lucca in Tuscany, Enrico Panattoni (1927–2013) came to Bergamo in 1946 where, after initially managing to set up a bar selling castagnaccio (a simple chestnut-flour cake), he opened La Marianna, which became renowned for its gelato, including stracciatella, as well as its upper-storey Tuscan restaurant, then a novelty in Bergamo. In 1973, Panattoni's son Mirko was kidnapped and later released by an unknown criminal group — the first of a series of children held to ransom in Italy in recent decades.[5][6][7]

References

  1. Ferrari, Luciano (2005). "Straciatella Gelato". Gelato and Gourmet Frozen Desserts - A professional learning guide. Lulu.com. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4092-8850-3.
  2. King, Carol (2013). "Top Five Italian Gelato Flavours". Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. n/a, Anders (6 November 2012). "Quick Stracciatella". Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. Torre, Paul (14 June 2009). "Stracciatella Gelato". The Italian Chef. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. "Lutto nel mondo della ristorazione – È morto Enrico Panattoni". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  6. "Enrico Panattoni, la sua storia". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  7. "Inventor of 'stracciatella' ice cream dies at 85". Gazzetta del Sud (online). 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
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