It is the gourmet project of the historic ice-cream maker Roberto Leoni. It is served on the cone and can be a dessert at the end of a meal, but it is also indicated to accompany fish dishes
It is the first ice cream prepared with sea water, filtered and controlled: To love is the latest creation of Roberto Leoni, historic ice cream maker, owner of the Leoni ice cream parlors of Cesena, and is the result of a scientific work in collaboration with Legambiente, Structure Daphne of Arpae Emilia Romagna and Marine Research Center of Cesenatico.
Roberto Leoni's creations: taste and ecology
Leoni, who in recent years has developed many new flavors of ice cream using the typical flavors of the Cesena hills, has decided to include the sea in a recipe. The his sea, the Adriatic Romagna, which is among the most controlled in the world: water has been taken off the coast of Cesenatico, thanks to the collaboration of the Pescatori cooperative in Cesenatico, and underwent all the necessary checks (which were carried out by the Marine Research Center of Cesenatico) to guarantee a healthy and quality product. The gourmet project, in fact, was not only born to satisfy the palate, but also to raise awareness and keep alive attention to pollution of beaches and seabed.
«The original flavor was reinforced by the infusion of the grasses lapped by the waters of the Romagna rivers before flowing into the sea: wild chicory, dandelion, nettle and mallow flowers that give it its natural color, "explains Leoni. «The feeling given by the crumble prepared with Ottofile corn flour, cultivated until the post-war period in Romagna, then abandoned due to the scarce profitability, but recovered by the State Agricultural Institute of Cesena, it recalls the sand of the beach in its color and texture .
A salty ice cream
The ice cream To love is characterized by a natural salinity. "I must say that we have been making salty ice-creams for a long time", adds the ice-cream maker, "but this has a particular connotation so much so that, given in tasting during the experimentation, everyone asked us what kind of salting was".
The ice cream prepared with sea water is served on the classic cone, combined with marked flavors like dark chocolate or pistachio. It can be a dessert at the end of a meal, but it is also indicated to accompany fish dishes.
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