White mint and dark chocolate gelato
White mint and dark chocolate gelato
A timeless pairing that customers love, white mint blended with crispy dark chocolate pieces. Complete with a dark chocolate treat for the ultimate indulgence.
White base ingredients
- Milk (3.5% fat): 1030g
- Double cream (48% fat): 160g
- Tate & Lyle granulated sugar: 210g
- Sosa dextrose: 22g
- Brenntag spray dried glucose: 50g
- Skimmed milk powder: 50g
- Rubicone 5AU stabiliser: 5g
White base method
- Mix all the dry ingredients together, as this prevents the skimmed milk powder from forming lumps as you add it to the milk.
- Pour the milk into the pasteuriser and select the desired setting. We used the low pasteurisation setting at 65˚C.
- When the milk reaches 40˚C, gradually add in all the dry ingredients.
- Once the mixture reaches 50˚C, add the cream.
- Let the pasteuriser run its programme, heating the mixture to 65°C, holding it at 65°C for 30 minutes, then rapidly cooling it to 4°C.
- Once the mixture has reached 4°C, allow it to age for 4 to 12 hours, with 12 hours preferred for best results.
White mint and dark chocolate gelato ingredients
- White base: 5000g
- Irca white mint paste: 200g
- Irca dark chocolate mirror glaze: As desired
White mint and dark chocolate gelato method
- Blend the white mint paste into the white base.
- Heat the mirror glaze to between 45°C - 50°C, then allow this to cool down to around to 20°C.
- On extraction, ripple in the dark chocolate glaze.
- As the glaze cools, it will solidify and crack into little crunchy pieces.
Serve and finish
- Scoop the gelato into a serving dish, creating a generous rounded finish.
- Decorate with a dark chocolate piece and a sprig of fresh mint.

