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Chocolate mint gelato recipe

Smooth milk chocolate with fresh mint: a combination people always ask for. One GP-BASE sachet = one 5-litre pan of gelato, with no heating.

1 × 5 L pan · Mix 2 minutes max. · No heating

Chocolate mint gelato in a La Gelato cup
Illustrative photo

Ingredients for one 5 L pan

IngredientAmount
Cold UHT milk (4–5 °C)2.2 kg
35 % cream220 g
GP-BASE (with sugar)1 sachet (588 g)
Milk chocolate paste220 g
Mint paste80 g
ColouringNone

Using sugar-free GP-BASE? Add 344 g of white sugar. Gelato paste of any brand, Italian or Indonesian. A more concentrated paste? Follow the dose on its label.

Method

  1. Combine

    Put the cold UHT milk, the cream and 1 GP-BASE sachet in the mixing jug. Any order works.

  2. Flavour

    Add 220 g milk chocolate paste, 80 g mint paste.

  3. Mix

    Mix for 2 minutes at most, until the flavouring has fully dissolved. No colouring.

  4. Machine

    Pour into the gelato machine (batch freezer). About 20 minutes, depending on the machine.

  5. Store

    Label with flavour, date and batch. Store at −22 °C, serve in the display at about −15 °C.

Tip

Both pastes go into the same mix. No colouring.

Small machine at home?

GP-BASE tester pack (59 g powder) + 220 g cold UHT milk + 22 g cream + 22 g milk chocolate paste, 8 g mint paste.

GS-BASE or GP-BASE?

Runny like a syrup? GS-BASE. A thick paste? GP-BASE. Do the spoon test.

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