Bring a Little Rome to Your Home With This Authentic Lemon Gelato Recipe

I’ve spent my life searching the best ice creams out there and, for me, nothing tops a real Italian gelato. The problem is it’s hard to find a real, authentic Italian gelato here in the United States. It usually ends up being standard ice cream trying to be passed off as gelato. This leaves me with two options: Fly to Italy to get the real stuff, or make it myself.

Lemon Gelato

• Prep Time:10 minutes
• Cook Time:30 minutes
• Total Time:40 minutes
• Servings:4
• Easy

Ingredients

• 2 lemons
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup heavy cream

• Step 1

  Gather all of your ingredients.

   

  

• Step 2

  Peel the lemons and set aside peels.

  

• Step 3

  Put the water, lemon juice, sugar, and the lemon peels into a pot.

  

• Step 4

  Boil the juice mixture for 3 minutes, stir occasionally, making sure the sugar completely dissolves.

  

• Step 5

  Allow lemon syrup to cool and remove lemon peels.

  

• Step 6

  Mix milk, heavy cream, and lemon syrup in a bowl.

  

• Step 7

  Place ice cream base into an ice cream machine and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

  #SpoonTip: Don’t have an ice cream maker? Add a shot or two of limoncello and make this into a no-churn gelato recipe

  

• Step 8

  Remove from the ice cream maker and either store in the freezer in an airtight container or serve immediately.