Summer recipes
Il Gelo is a sicilian ice flavoured speciality, even if it is not a budino
it is a lovely fresh dessert for summer and comes out perfectly with il
Buddino pudding molds.
 
Lemon Gelo

Ingredients: rind of 3 bio lemons finely grated
1 litre of cold water
150 gr of white sugar
60 gr of wheat starch (Epifin, swiss brand)
10 fresh strawberries

Dissolve the wheat starch in some of the cold water
Add the white sugar, the finely grated lemon rind and the rest of the water.
Put everything on the low heat and stir until the mixture thickens, a few
minutes after coming to boil.

Wet the molds, turn them upside down in a glass, pour in the mixture and let cool, then put in the fridge for at least 3 hours. The more you leave them in the fridge the better they become!

Serve on the blended strawberries.

 
Coffee Gelo

Ingredients: 1/2 litre of black coffee
1/2 litre of water
200 gr of white sugar
60 gr of wheat starch
rind of one lemon

The procedure is the same as for the Lemon Gelo.
After having dissolved the wheat starch add the remaining water, the coffee, the white sugar and the lemon rind which shall be removed after having cooked and before pouring the mixture in the molds.

 
Cinnamon Gelo

Ingredients: 100 gr of cinnamon sticks
1 litre of water
200 gr of white sugar
60 gr of wheat starch

Leave the cinnamon sticks in the cold water overnight. On the next day heat all the ingredients on a low heat until it takes colour. Then follow the usual procedure of the lemon gelo and the coffee gelo.