A brief History of Frozen Desserts

In today’s modern pastry kitchen, you will probably see, among many machines, a batch freezer or freezers filled with a variety of freshly made ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and other frozen treats, and perhaps you will think nothing of it. Why should you? Your customers expect to get a scoop or two and then be on their way. But there are almost three thousand years of history behind that scoop of ice cream. It started when someone had the bright idea to eat flavored snow, and it has progressed all the way to the present time, when a machine as technologically advanced as the Pacojet is commonplace in today’s kitchens.