" my great satisfaction is seeing the things we did in people's memories, the fact that I was still inside their lives, in the important moments I was there "
Ice cream is said to have originated around 1565 at the court of Catherine de' Medici in Florence, when the architect Mastro Bernardo delle girandole created the first, true ancestor of gelato: a sorbet made from snow, salt (to lower the temperature), lemon, sugar, egg white and milk.
Today's ice cream maintains a similar preparation as back then, as Mauro, the owner of the 86 Il Gelato ice cream parlors, explains: sugar, milk, pasteurized yolk and a lot of imagination.
Imagination?
Of course! To create different flavors starting from the same base, for example, just add hazelnut paste, coconut rapè, cocoa, mascarpone... there are endless possibilities.
Mauro is always looking for a new flavor, in addition to the classics that are never lacking at the counter, and he takes inspiration from his everyday life. An exotic fruit, a foreign food, a special occasion can turn into a unique ice cream that makes the customer's shopping experience truly original.
Mauro has been doing this job since he was nineteen years old, and he has always put his business and the experience he wanted the customer to experience first. Not only a quality ice cream, studied and prepared with the utmost attention to intolerances and hygiene, but also offering baked goods such as ice cream cakes sponge cakes and parfaits, panettone and colomba - and more! - which are all made entirely in his laboratory, to give the customer a product made 100 percent by 86 Il Gelato.
There is also no shortage of passion for welcoming customers by pampering them in a family environment, and a focus on eco-sustainability. Meticulous recycling collection and the use of recycled and recyclable materials alone are not enough, however.
In fact, think of the potential life cycle of an ice cream scoop:
Once taken it lasts five minutes - just enough time to enjoy a good scoop of ice cream - and then it is thrown away. If it were washed, however, it could be reused many, many more times.
Imagine the mountain of less plastic we would produce if we washed ice cream scoops.
Have you ever tried making ice cream at home?
If the answer is no, we suggest you try it! To make things easier, you should use the ice cream machine, the inner container of which can be kept in the freezer so that it is always ready to use. Just put in the chosen ingredients and she will take care of mixing and whipping the contents, that is, making it become real ice cream by incorporating the right amount of air to make it creamy and firm.
Being an ice cream maker requires as a sacrifice the daily freedom to have in return the freedom to be yourself even at work, every day, and to give happy moments to those you meet by chance and those who choose to return, always, because ice cream is happiness.
To delight the eyes and palate, find 86 Il Gelato here:
via Pitteri, 2 - 33081 Aviano (PN)
0434 652806
il_gelato@yahoo.it
Facebook: 86 Il Gelato
Instagram: @86_ilgelato_aviano
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