The Gelato Life

Dessert is a dish best served cold

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  • About
  • RECIPES
    • GELATO
    • ICE CREAM
    • NO CHURN ICE CREAM
    • SORBET RECIPES
    • SAUCES
    • BIG DESSERTS
      • ICE CREAM CAKES
  • SKILL LEVEL
    • EASY
    • INTERMEDIATE
  • CONTACT

  • OLD SCHOOL PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM

    A super easy old-fashioned peanut butter ice cream that is frozen comfort food at it's best!

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  • an ice cream cone with a scoop of chocolate custard

    EPIC CHOCOLATE CUSTARD ICE CREAM

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Drown me dark chocolate and I’ll die a happy dea Drown me dark chocolate and I’ll die a happy death! Coconut joy popsicles - my summer 💕 🥥 I always thought the best part of summer isn’t really about breaking the rules, it’s about relaxing them. Less gravitas. More fun. Particularly this year. When I first moved to Santa Monica (and for a long time after) nothing was more fun than the secret frozen candy stash at the Laemmle’s on 2nd street. A tiny movie theater with ice cold air conditioning and (if you knew to ask) frozen Junior Mints and Mounds bars at the concession stand. The best. 🥥 These popsicles are all that. 2 kinds of coconut, some rum to tame the sweetness and a dark dark chocolate shell. As for sitting in the dark with a bunch of strangers watching a movie - I don’t know if the Laemmle’s will survive this summer but I suppose we could just turn off the lights and fire up Netflix. . If you want some Coconut Joy head on over to TheGelatoLife.com for the recipe (linkin profile and all that) . 🥥 🌴 😎 🍦 . . . . #popsicle #foodporn #icecream #icecreamrecipe #summervibes☀️ #chocolovers #darkchocolate #gelato #traderjoescoconutmilk #foodbloggerpro #bristolfarms #santamonica #coconutmilk #frozendessert #chocolatecovered #thegelatolife #summerfood #instafood
Hard to believe but the color is 100% real. Red g Hard to believe but the color is 100% real. Red grapefruit & Campari Italian style sorbet. 🍨 A big part of why I started The Gelato Life is because I became disillusioned about starting a gelato business after seeing what actually goes. @forbes reported this week about “the ice cream con” in Italy - gelato stores using industrial mixes and whipping their product full of air. . While I can’t speak for Italian shops, I did intern at two very big ‘name’ gelateria outposts here in the states. Was that an education! One was a well known Italian franchise that claimed to be artisanal & organic. The gelato was a mix shipped over in bags, thawed and then churned in their machines. Sometimes a big had clearly been thawed and refrozen. The other place straight up used Pre-Gel industrial mixes - the equivalent of whipping up a box of Kraft Mac & Cheese and saying it’s farm to table. No shame in the boxed stuff, just be honest about what is being sold. . Anyway, glad to see that Italy wants to crack down on this. There are so many amazing truly artisanal gelato makers out there. It takes a lot of time, money and experience to run a legit gelato shop, it should be a fair playing field. . In the spirit - here’s one of my favorite naturally pink Italian inspired sorbets, Grapefruit Campari. If you want to give it a try I’ve shared the recipe at TheGelatoLife.com (linkin bio and all that) . 🍦 . 🍨 . . . #gelato #gelatolovers #icecreamlove #artisanfood #sorbet #italiangelato #desserts #foodbloggerpro #thegelatolife #foodphotography #bristolfarms #campari @campariofficial
Spring happy hour vibes! The Greyhound Cocktail P Spring happy hour vibes! The Greyhound Cocktail Popsicle. 🍸 Just a few more locked down weeks to go - and I’m dreaming of my favorite happy hour down the street @ingostastydiner Greyhounds (gin & grapefruit) never really did it for me - but theirs is in a different class. 🔥 So here’s a boozy cocktail popsicle inspired by one of my favorite craft cocktails in a tiny retro joint in Santa Monica. No ad here - just 💕 . The pink color is an added bonus - feels like a new season is here in every way. If you want to join in - the instructions are at TheGelatoLife.com . Cheers friends!! . . 🍸 🍧 🌸 . . . #icecreamrecipe #popsicle #boozypopsicles #cocktails #craftcocktail #greyhoundcocktail #icecreamlove #foodbloggerpro #ingostastydiner #springdessert #bristolfarms #pamplemousse #1885giffard
Anybody else out there ready for spring? I mean i Anybody else out there ready for spring? I mean in every sense not just the weather! 🎉🍨 In the spirit of starting a new season I’m trying out something new with this Meyer Lemon sorbet. Light & delicate - 👍👎? Would love to know what you think!!! 🍋 🍦 . . . . #gelato #springfood #lemons #springdessert #fruittart #foodphotography #dessertsofinstagram #foodbloggerpro #foodstyling #bristolfarms #santamonica #thegelatolife #springdreaming
Frozen Heart on 🔥 Happy Valentines Day everyo Frozen Heart on 🔥 Happy Valentines Day everyone!! My grand gesture to love today was to set a tiny frozen heart on fire. 🔥🍨 Italian style cherry sorbet surrounded by no churn vanilla bourbon ice cream and topped by vanilla meringue. All set on fire with flaming cherry kitsch. It’s ridiculous and I love it. 🍒🔥 I’ll post instructions tomorrow - hope everyone has fun on this cheesy silly wonderful holiday! Love, fire & gelato! XXOO 💕 🔥 🍨 #icecream #heart #heartonfire #frozenheart #love #gelato #frozen #dessert #instadessert #foodbloggerpro #chiaroscuro #foodphotography #thegelatolife #instafood #love #flambe #fire #cherry
I’m thrilled to be profiled in the latest editio I’m thrilled to be profiled in the latest edition of Trivet! We discuss everything from slaying coconuts to Caravaggio. . They also convinced me to take a selfie portrait - something I’ve been avoiding for the last 8 months (seriously, I didn’t even have a bio on my own website until now) Anybody else out there that can relate? . Have a great day everyone! And big thanks to @triv.et for being so lovely to someone who prefers hiding behind the camera! . 🍨 . . . . #icecream #gelato #desserts #foodphotography #foodbloggerpro #instafood #chiaroscuro #caravaggio #darkfoodphotography #foodstagram
Concord grapes - discovered these beauties while t Concord grapes - discovered these beauties while taking refuge in @wholefoods air conditioning. Outside it’s literal 🔥 Inside the dream@of autumn 🍂 is strong! . Concord 🍇 are surprising interesting - they are native to North America, used in Welsh’s and jams, the flavor is as American as apple pie. Which always seemed like an overly sweet kids thing to me. But I’m reconsidering after reading up on how prized these little guys are. They certainly are gorgeous big juicy orbs that smell incredible!!! The whitish bloom is normal and washes off easily. They are only in season for a few weeks and I’ve been told that these are best used immediately. So here it goes - Concord grape sorbet - wish me luck!! . 🍨 . . . . . #sorbet #chiaroscuro #summerfruit #icecream #foodblggerpro #darkfoodphotography #wholefoods #grapes #foodportrait #saveurmag #foodphotography #vineyard #canonusa
The Knife Sharpener. This is a shoot that went so The Knife Sharpener. This is a shoot that went so wrong! . Phase 3 of the #chiaroscuroinspired challenge hosted by @twiggstudios & @boxofspice is to recreate an old masters painting. The intention was to copy ‘Boy Peeling Fruit’ - but our knives were dull and @halstellini is no boy 😳. So we went with what had - it’s the light and the intense concentration on the task that I tried to capture. 📸 We’ve been joking since we first met, that @halstellini has a face that Rembrandt would have loved. True fact. . . . #chiaroscuroinspired #photographychallenge #chiaroscuro #darktablemood #chasinglight #oldmasters #renaissance #still_life_mood #justlikeapainting #darkfoodphotography #foodbloggerpro #BristolFarm @BristolFarms #knife #knivesharpening #fall #icecream #gelato #dessert #cheflife
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