Rita D’Enza’s Sardinian Rice Gelato

Il Gelato di Riso Della Rita

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Marcella Hazan

Published 1997

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This recipe and I have had several contentious encounters, but I refused to give up on it. I well remembered its taste and consistency from the time I had it in Rita D’Enza’s restaurant Gallura in Sardinia, so different from those of any other ice cream. It’s an ice cream you can chew on because bits of the rice kernels remain firm enough, and it has a flavor that, like the aftertaste of a fine wine, keeps lengthening after you have swallowed.

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