- This morning we are traveling from Rome to Florence,
but also, we are going to go to a culinary school, I think?
And we are going to learn how to make gelato.
This was all arranged for us by LivItaly Tours.
So, they set this whole day up for us.
I'm really excited.
If you don't know what gelato is,
gelato is the best ice cream in the world.
I'm calling it ice cream so you can relate to it some way.
I feel like maybe Italians would be mad
that I'm just loosely calling gelato ice cream
'cause I think they put it in a different
category of, like, awesomeness.
But, it is so good.
I'm assuming we won't be able to recreate this at home,
but I'm kinda like, in the back of my brain,
hoping that we'll learn how to make it
and it'll be something we can just do at home.
But probably not.
It's probably really complicated.
And because we're learning it,
you know that means we get to eat some!
Hey!
(upbeat electronic pop music)
- We're going to the gelato-making place now!
- [Chris] We're going right now?
- Yes!
- [Chris] How excited are you
about gelato? - I'm super excited!
I'm super excited. I'm super excited.
I'm super excited.
There's a horsie right there!
(upbeat electronic pop music)
- [Chris] Could you do that for an hour?
- Yeah!
(laughing)
- [Chris] If there's ice cream at the end?
- [Instructor] ...blue and red.
Blue is to make gelato,
to freeze the mixture.
Red is to cook.
We have a recipe with eggs or cacao powder.
We have to kill bacterias before we make gelato.
You can see a few ingredients.
- Regular white sugar, salt, dextrose, banana, lemons,
and water.
Very simple.
- Instead of your typical measurements,
they're measuring things out
on the scale by weight.
- [Instructor] That's the first type of sugar,
which is the one you know.
So that should be something that you're familiar to.
Give you a little pinch of it
because then I want you to try
the other type of sugar that we put.
And tell me if the feel's different in your mouth.
- [Jessica] Jacob?
- [Chris] Is it different? - Mm hmm!
- [Instructor] Sometimes they say that
the second type of sugar
is the type that dries up immediately in your mouth
and it makes your mouth taste dry.
- [Chris] Does it seem different than
the other sugar, Bailey?
- [Instructor] It doesn't have much flavor.
It's simply a sweetener.
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- [Chris] Lift the spoon up. There you go.
Now you can see.
Okay you need 100--
about 92 more.
Little more.
Perfect!
(Jessica laughs) - [Jessica] Okay!
- Dextrose, we have to weigh the dextrose.
(spoon tapping)
- [Jessica] Good job, Jacob.
- Perfect.
Once pinch of salt.
(water pouring)
- [Chris] Oop.
(Jessica laughs)
- [Jessica] Good! At least now we know
what happens if you go over.
(gasping and cheering) - Ooh, perfect.
- [Chris] Right on the money.
- Half of a lemon. - What's that?
- This is to squeeze the lemon.
...the color of this because the ripe fruit is better.
(upbeat electronic pop music)
And to blend it!
(blender whirring)
- Can I try?
(upbeat electronic pop music)
- [Instructor] ...when banana is ready.
Two flavors.
- I'll get chocolate and strawberry.
- Can I try pistachio first please?
- [Instructor] Si.
- Me too.
- [Parker] We made that!
- The smell is good.
- [Jacob] Yeah! - I can't smell it.
- [Bailey] Oh it smells like bananas!
- [Jessica] Wow, isn't that beautiful?
All of the ingredients get poured into this machine here.
Once it went into the machine,
it only took 10 minutes to make.
- [Chris] How's that banana?
- Good.
(upbeat electronic pop music)
- [Chris] You like bananas?
Yummy!
Is it yummy?
It's pretty good.
- [Jessica] That's the banana ice cream the kids made.
- [Parker] Can I try?
Oh, that's quite the sample.
(Jessica laughs)
- I'm getting a sample.
- [Chris] Only one flavor, Parker.
Oh my goodness.
You call that a sample?
(Jacob laughs)
- [Bailey] Oh my god.
(Jacob and Bailey laugh)
- [Jessica] How was the ice cream?
- Good. - [Instructor] Oh good.
- [Chris] That's a very responsible--
- [Jessica] Reasonable sample.
- [Chris] Reasonable sample.
Thank you, Jacob.
- [Jessica] Nice.
(upbeat electronic pop music)
- [Chris] Oh my goodness.
Is that a gluten free cone?
That is so special!
- I'm not eating it before Jacob gets his.
(upbeat electronic pop music)
- This is one of the oldest gelaterias
in the city of Florence.
She told me they use ingredients that are fresh,
so they don't last long, so they make
their gelato every morning.
She gets up at four a.m. and makes gelato.
And they have a rotating menu, so whatever is in season,
they'll have a special menu of just those
new flavors that change all the time.
(baby laughs)
- Appetizer!
- [Instructor] All right, good job.
- [Jessica] How is it, Jacob?
- Really good.
- [Jessica] How is it, Parker?
- Mm!
- [Instructor] And you're going up--
changing the numbers each time, right?