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Coppa del Nonno (Grandpa's cup) gelato

Following in the steps of the talented Italian food bloggers/youtubers at CucinaPerTe, we'll prepare a classic Italian coffee ice cream which you can make even without an ice cream machine.
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 500 ml (about 2,1 cups) cream
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 100 ml (about 2/5 cup) confectioner's sugar
  • 12 gram (should be about 100 ml - or about 2/5 cup) instant coffee powder
  • 50 ml (about 2/5 cup) coffee ristretto: For our practical purposes, a cup of espresso made with only half the usual amount of water but with all the coffee ...]

Method
 

  1. Mix the ristretto coffee with the coffee powder
  2. Whisk together the sugar and the egg yolks.
  3. Mix the coffee with the sugar/egg yolks mix.
  4. Whisk and, on low temperature, bring to pasteurisation temperature (about 82-84º Celsius /189-183 ºF).
  5. Whip the cream.
  6. Blend the sugar-egg-coffee mixture with the whipped cream.
  7. Add in serving pots or similar.
  8. Freeze for at least 2 hours in your freezer, unless you have an ice cream machine.