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Gelato with corn starch??

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Gelato with corn starch??

by Mike Filigenzi » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:56 am

We ended up with a bunch of pomegranates in the CSA box this week, so I thought I'd try some pomegranate ice cream. I found a recipe for a pomegranate gelato on Epicurious that involved boiling cream and milk with corn starch to make a thick base and then adding the pom juice to that. I hadn't heard of this technique before, so I thought I'd give it a try. Can't say I'm thrilled - the flavor is good but the corn starch gives it a bit of a grainy mouthfeel on the finish.

Has anyone else heard of this or had success with it? I'm not inclined to try it again, but....
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Re: Gelato with corn starch??

by Jenise » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:19 pm

So the grainy mouthfeel is something like eating leftover chinese food cornstarched sauce? Sounds completely wrong for ice cream. You were brave to try it, though!
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