From Wikipedia:
Gelato, or the plural Gelati, is Italian ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavorings. The gelato ingredients (after an optional pasteurization) are frozen while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form. Like high end ice cream, gelato generally has less than 35% air – resulting in a dense and extremely flavourful product.

Gelato is the generic Italian for ice cream. The same word is commonly used in English speaking countries to refer to ice cream that is prepared in the Italian way. “Gelato” is an Italian word for “frozen” and comes from the Italian gelare, meaning “to freeze.”

Sounds yummy, doesn’t it? I plan on making this tomorrow, or sometime this Labor Day Weekend using my ice cream maker! I’ll be sure to blog about it and let all my readers know how much I like it. Here’s a recipe I found:

Chocolate Gelato
2 eggs, slightly beaten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder .175 ml
3/4 cup sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 ml
1 cup milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 ml
1 1/2 cups whipping cream . . . . . . . .375 ml
In a saucepan combine cocoa and sugar.
Stir until well mixed. Gradually add milk,
making a paste. Whisk in eggs. Place over
medium heat and cook stirring constantly
until steaming, about 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in
cream. Chill thoroughly. Freeze according to ice cream maker’s instructions.
Makes about 1Qt/.9L.

I’ll admit, I’ve never had gelato, that I can remember, so it’ll be a different treat for me and my family to try.

I’ll be attending the ACFW conference soon, and I notice people have mentioned a chocolate party. I also recall from attending RWA conferences that romance writers are always talking about chocolate. What’s the correlation between romance writing and chocolate?

Who knows?

I enjoy it and my family enjoys it. I’ve always liked chocolate, even before I became a writer!

Cecelia Dowdy