Recipes

Recipes

Italian Gelato, Pastry & Cocktail Recipes

Great gelato cases, pastry menus and cocktail programs all start with reliable ingredients. Elenka bases, pastes, variegates and maraschino cherries are made in Italy for consistent results, so your kitchen or bar can focus on the finishing touches. Here are a few ways our most popular products come together on the counter every day.

Gelato & Ice Cream Bases

Start with an Elenka milk or fruit base, then fold in a flavor paste and a matching variegato.

Pastry & Baking

Elenka pastry bases, fillings and flavorings for cakes, croissants and plated desserts.

Cocktail Garnishes & Candied Fruit

Elenka maraschino cherries and candied fruits finish plated desserts and craft cocktails.

Seasonal & Holiday Treats

Elenka panettone and pandoro bring traditional Italian holiday flavor to your menu or shelf.

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Build It Yourself

Gelato Recipes

Three ways to build a traditional Italian gelato case from Elenka bases, dosages given per litre of mix.

Fior di Latte

Per litre

  • Whole milk – 1 L
  • Lattepanna/50 (cod. 773) – 50 g/L, hot process
  • Vaniglia Bianca with pods (cod. 363) – 50 g/L, optional for the speckled finish

Pistachio

Per litre

  • Whole milk – 1 L
  • Novacream 50 (cod. 878) – 50 g/L
  • Pistacchio Trinacria 100% (cod. 835) – 80 g/L

Trinacria is certified Sicilian pistachio with no added colouring.

Amarena

Per litre

  • Fior di Latte base, built as above
  • Confettura Amarena (cod. 851) – 100 g/L, folded in at extraction for a marbled ripple
  • Reserve a few whole cherries to top tubs or cones

Shake, Stir, Serve

Cocktail Recipes

Three classics finished with Elenka maraschino cherries.

Manhattan with Elenka Maraschino Cherry

  • 60 ml rye whiskey
  • 30 ml sweet vermouth
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1 Elenka maraschino cherry
  • Optional: 5 ml Elenka cherry syrup

Stir with ice 20 to 30 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe, drop the cherry in.

The cherry syrup adds a rich, rounded finish to the glass.

Old Fashioned

  • 60 ml bourbon
  • 5 ml Elenka cherry syrup
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • Orange peel
  • Garnish: 1 Elenka maraschino cherry

Stir with ice, strain over a large cube, express the orange peel and add the cherry.

Whiskey Sour

  • 60 ml bourbon
  • 25 ml fresh lemon juice
  • 15 ml simple syrup
  • Optional: 1 egg white
  • Garnish: 1 Elenka maraschino cherry

Shake hard with ice, strain into a chilled glass and top with the cherry.