Tag: gelato

The Gelato case is loaded up with flavors ONLY available in February!
Stop by the Zingerman’s Creamery or Zingerman’s Next Door for a taste!

Chocolate Balsamic Strawberry
We take fresh Michigan strawberries and macerate them in an in-house made balsamic vinegar reduction. Even more decadent than a chocolate covered strawberry, the vinegar enhances the natural sweetness of the strawberry and complements the richness of the dark chocolate base perfectly.

Dark Chocolate
Always a good choice, we make ours with Sharffen Berger cocoa for a rich, extraordinarily dark chocolate. Voted Best Gelato in Michigan by Detroit’s Metro Times!

Gianduja
Another Italian classic using chocolate-hazelnut mix from Turin.

Turtle
Freshly-roasted pecans and luscious dulce de leche are blended into dark chocolate. Made only in February.

Rocky Ride
We start with a base of our rich dark Scharffen Berger chocolate gelato and spike it with in-house butter-roasted peanuts and incredibly fluffy marshmallows made right next-door at Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory!

Chocolate Heat
Inspired by the great hand-made chocolates of Mexico, we take our dark chocolate and blend cinnamon, ancho chile and just enough cayenne to make it dangerous. All of this adds up to a super-dense, super-delicious spicy wintertime treat.

Chocolate Chip Sorbet
We use the most flavorful Michigan cherries we can find to make this sweet/tart sorbet, which we then blend with some made-in-house chocolate chips for a decidedly rich sorbet experience.

Stop by the Creamery or Next Door to taste some of these incredibly rich frozen delights!

 

New Year’s Eve is one of the single best nights of the year to try out a new cocktail or two, and there are some very interesting things you can do with gelato and various liqueurs. Here are some of our favorites:

• Gelato Grasshopper— In our take on this classic from the French Quarter in New Orleans, shake together equal parts crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and some of our Mint Chocolate Chip gelato.
• The McManus— Mix together 2 parts Irish whiskey, 1 part coffee liqueur, and enough Roadhouse Vanilla gelato to reach whatever consistency you’d prefer (we like them just about as thick as a milkshake).
• Shokolad— 2 parts vodka, 1 part crème de cacao, and our Dark Chocolate gelato, made using the same method as the McManus.
• Maple Pecan Float— Place a few scoops of Maple Pecan gelato into a highball glass, pour a shot of your favorite bourbon over the gelato, and then fill the glass with whichever rootbeer strikes your fancy.
• Reasonably-Paced Gin Fizz— We love the brilliant fuschia color that sloe gin (a blackthorn berry liqueur) imparts, and our redux of this old standby replaces it’s traditional egg white fizz with a dollop of Roadhouse Vanilla gelato. Shake together 1 1/2 ounces of sloe gin, 3/4 ounce lemon juice and a very small scoop of vanilla gelato. Once they’re smooth, pour into a glass and top with some soda water or a champagne float and another scoop of gelato.

Also, for the non-cocktail set, you can always make a classic Guiness float with either Vanilla OR Dulce De Leche gelato and a hearty Stout.