Peach Bellini Gelato
A peach custard gelato spiked with schnapps or sparkling wine and swirled with peach preserves.
⏱️ Prep: 10 min🍳 Cook: 1440 min
Ingredients
| 3/4 cup | 180 ml | ripe peaches, peeled and diced (fresh or frozen, thawed) |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | whole milk |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | heavy cream |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml | granulated sugar |
| 2 large | egg yolks | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | peach schnapps or sparkling wine (optional) |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5 ml | lemon juice |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5 ml | vanilla extract |
| pinch | fine sea salt | |
| 1 1/2 tablespoon | 23 ml | peach preserves, for mix-in |
Instructions
- In a blender, puree the peaches until completely smooth.
- In a small saucepan, combine milk, heavy cream, and half of the sugar. Heat over medium, stirring occasionally, until steaming but not boiling, about 2–3 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together egg yolks, remaining sugar, vanilla extract, and salt until smooth.
- Slowly pour about ⅓ of the hot milk mixture into the egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly to temper.
- Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan and return to medium-low heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, until the mixture thickens and reaches 170°F–175°F on an instant-read thermometer, about 3–4 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Stir in the peach puree, lemon juice, and peach schnapps or sparkling wine (if using) until fully combined.
- Make sure pint base is closed. Pour mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into an empty CREAMi® Swirl Pint to remove any solids.
- Place pint in an ice bath to cool for 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Once cooled, place storage lid on pint and freeze for 24 hours.
- Remove pint from freezer and remove lid from pint. Place Swirl Pint in outer bowl, install Creamerizer™ Paddle onto outer bowl lid, and lock the lid assembly on the outer bowl. Slide bowl assembly onto motor base and twist the handle right to raise the platform and lock in place.
- Select SCOOP, then select GELATO.
- With a spoon, create a 1½-inch wide hole that reaches the bottom of the pint. Add peach preserves to the hole in the pint and process again using the MIX-IN program.
- When processing is complete, remove gelato from the pint and serve immediately.