Chianti is a strong fruity Italian wine with notes of cherry, plum, almonds, tobacco, and vanilla. Adding the freshly ground pepper perfectly complements the wine while not overpowering it
INGREDIENTS: YIELD: 1 QUART
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup good-quality Chianti
DIRECTIONS:
- In a small saucepan, combine the milk, sugar, salt, and pepper. Stir over medium heat. Once simmering, remove from heat, cover, and allow to steep for 1 hour.
- Reheat milk mixture over medium-low heat.
- In a separate bowl, whisk egg yolks. Once milk mixture is hot, temper the yolks by adding half of the mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly. Return egg mixture to saucepan, and heat until thickened. Pour ½ cup of the heavy cream into a large mixing bowl over an ice bath. Strain custard into the cream. Add remaining ½ cup cream, and stir to combine.
- Stir Chianti into gelato mixture. Refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
- Add to ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions for freezing. Stop the churning as soon as the gelato is just frozen.
NOTE:
- Chianti wine comes from the Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy. Only wines from this region can properly be called Chianti, though there are other areas that use this name on their bottles as well. Chianti is produced to be used as a simple table wine. Often a basket encases the bottom of the bottle. It’s a much sought-after, bold red wine, loved my many.
