Nonna Elsa’s Italian Fior di Latte Gelato

Preparation info
  • Feeds about

    11

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Grand Dishes: Time-perfected recipes and stories from grandmothers of the world

By Iska Lupton and Anastasia Miari

Published 2021

  • About

My Nonna has always made everything from scratch, from rolling pasta out on the kitchen table to infusing lemon rind in alcohol for months on end to make the best limoncello I’ve ever tasted. She inspired me to start my own food business in London and make fine Italian gelato.

While she sadly doesn’t cook any more, I will forever remember her pottering around in the kitchen and watching her prepare endless feasts for all her family and four granddaughters. The smell