2006-07-15 09:55:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
there is no difference, gelati means ice cream in Italian . . .
2006-07-15 09:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by Joy L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ice cream
sweet frozen dessert, made from milk fat and solids, sugar, flavoring, a stabilizer (usually gelatin), and sometimes eggs, fruits, or nuts. The mix is churned at freezing temperature to attain a light, smooth texture.
Gelato is an Italian frozen dessert made from milk (or also soy milk) and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The gelato ingredients (after an optional pasteurization) are super-cooled 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 flavoursome product.
Gelato has become a generic Italian word for ice cream, though true gelato contains no cream. The same word is commonly used in English speaking countries to refer to "ice cream" that is prepared in the Italian way. "Gelato" comes from the Italian word gelare, meaning "to freeze."
2006-07-15 09:59:23 · answer #2 · answered by LuckyWife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gelato is the base. Dairy gelato is made with whole cow's milk and contains 4–8% butterfat depending on the ingredients (nuts, milk, or cream increases the fat content). North American-style ice creams contain more butterfat than gelato, ranging from 10% to 18% since more cream is used.
2006-07-15 09:58:24 · answer #3 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gelato is more like ice while ice cream is more like cream. Actually, Gelato does contain milk (sometimes soy milk) and sugar that is super-cooled to break up ice crystals within. Gelato doesn't contain cream.
Ice cream, on the other hand, is made from milk fat and solids, sugar, flavoring, a stabilizer (usually gelatin), and sometimes eggs, fruits, or nuts
2006-07-15 09:58:26 · answer #4 · answered by J~Me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gellato means "Ice Cream" in italian. Gelato is usually much more rich and creamy than your normal cone from dairy queen. It has a really smooth texture too it. If you want to try some terrific gelato in the US. Go to Caruso's Italian Gelato. It's orgasmic.
2006-07-15 09:59:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gelato is Italian for ice-cream. Ice-cream is plain english.
2006-07-15 09:57:51 · answer #6 · answered by Ahhh....Me Time 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The legal difference? Ice cream has more FAT from cream.
The USDA requires ice cream to have at least 10 percent fat (otherwise it is ice milk, or something else).
Gellato has 8 percent fat or less (depends on who makes it).
So, "Love_OSU_Lakers's" answer (above) is incorrect, since she got it backwards. :-)
2006-07-15 10:01:14 · answer #7 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice cream has more cream, it's more dairy. Gelato has more fruit, it's closer to sorbet.
2006-07-15 09:58:05 · answer #8 · answered by browneyedgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gellato is made with cream instead of milk so it is richer and smoother (and worse for you.)
2006-07-15 09:59:20 · answer #9 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardly any milk products in the Gellato I've had.
Deffinitely lower fat.
2006-07-15 09:58:50 · answer #10 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋