Pistachio Gelato Pops

Pistachio Gelato Pops

Ingredients

Pistachio Paste

California Pistachios 85 g

Confectioner’s sugar 62 g

Corn syrup 20 g

Salt 1 g

Gelato base

Milk 660 g

Cream 116 g

Vanilla bean 1

Sugar 100

Egg yolks 70

Magic shell

Chocolate, dark

Coconut oil

Instructions

1. Blanch and peel pistachios. Combine peeled pistachios, sugar, and corn syrup in a food processor and grind to a soft paste. Add salt, set aside.

2. Combine milk and cream with vanilla bean and ½ of the sugar. Bring to a simmer. Blend egg yolks with remaining sugar. Temper hot milk into egg yolks, and return to the pot. Pasteurize this mixture at 185ºF. Transfer warm custard to Vita Mix blender. Add pistachio paste and puree at high speed until well blended. Strain and chill. Process mixture in ice cream machine, then mold into individual pops. Freeze until firm.

3. Melt chocolate to 95 F. Blend in coconut oil. Unmold frozen ice cream pops. Dip into melted chocolate mixture, then sprinkle with chopped pistachios.

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