Directions: Place all the ingredients into a large mixing container. Mix with an immersion blender for 3–4 minutes making sure everything is dissolved. Place in the heat treatment portion of the batch freezer and process according to the machine. Extract the gelato into a pan. Garnish with fresh strawberries and guavas.
Recipes: Peanut Butter & Jelly Fro Yo
Directions: Place milk and yogurt in a large mixing container, preferably twice as large as the amount you are mixing. In a bowl, mix sugar, PreGel Yoggi 30® Powdered Flavor (Yogurt – KSA Dairy) and PreGel Fruttosa® (Water & Milk Base). With an immersion mixer, blend liquid ingredients while slowly adding the powders. Add PreGel… Read more »
Tree Talk: PreGel AMERICA Web Site Unveils New Recipe Database
PreGel AMERICA is thrilled to announce the unveiling of their new recipe database on the company’s existing Web site www.pregelamerica.com. Launched Spring 2010, the recipe database contains hundreds of recipes for gelato, sorbetto, Tenero (soft serve) and pastry. Highlighting recipes created by PreGel’s Corporate Pastry Chef Frederic Monti along with the PreGel Training Center team… Read more »
HR Corner – Easy Steps to Interviewing Potential Hires
The job interview is a large factor and powerful force in the employee selection and hiring process. A job interview is the only tool employers can use to get to know candidates and is a necessary step in finding the right candidates to fill open positions. It can be intimating sitting on the other side… Read more »
Top Ten: Magazines Specialty Dessert Professionals Should Be Reading
1. Dessert Professional – Launched in 2008, Dessert Professional combines three previously existing industry magazines, Pastry Art & Design, Frozen Desserts and Chocolatier, into one. While the focus is still divided by the major categories of pastry, frozen desserts and chocolates, it covers a wide range of topics and caters to a much larger audience… Read more »
What’s Blooming: Amarena Cherries: The Pinnacle of Fruit Luxury
Highly sought-after by chefs and connoisseurs of all kinds, the amarena cherry is the pinnacle of fruit luxury, lending itself to a wide array of desirable culinary dishes. Not to be confused with your typical cherry or the popular maraschino cherry, the amarena cherry is molecular gastronomy at its finest, resulting in the transformation of… Read more »
What’s Blooming: Pop Art: Get a Grip on Portable Profits
Recipes by Frederic Monti, Photos by Jeannette Pantani Whether you call them suckers, pops, lollys or lollipops, one thing is for sure – candy on a stick is a neat treat! While we all know that kids love candy, it may come as a surprise that 75 percent of adults in the United States reportedly… Read more »
CARPE DIEM: How to Seize Business All Hours of the Day and Increase Sales
Americans are hungry all day. It’s hard not to notice the abundance of dining options available for every meal; one could easily find a place to eat at any hour, day or night. And it’s not just meals – we love to snack too! Our ravenous appetites have not gone unnoticed by the restaurant industry,… Read more »
Branching Out: PreGel Ingredients Add That Extra Punch in Your Spring Cocktails
Recipes created by: Frederic Monti Directions: Shake vodka, simple syrup and 5-Star Chef Pastry Select Green Apple Compound in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with fresh apple slice and enjoy! Directions: Crush together the sugar and mint leaves; add lime juice and stir to combine. Mix in rum and 5-Star… Read more »
What Keeps the Business Wheels Turning at Successful Gelaterias?
We all have a favorite “hang out spot” or eatery that successfully draws us back again and again. It could be for the superior service, the excellent fare, the welcoming atmosphere or all of the above. In the case of these three dedicated gelateria owners and loyal PreGel customers, ensuring that their clientele enjoys a… Read more »
Berry Healthy: The Scoop on Alternative Sweeteners
There are many alternative sweeteners available to provide consumers with the sweet taste they crave, without the calories or carbohydrates that natural sugar adds to food and beverages. Sucralose, stevia and aspartame are a select few among the long list of substitute sweeteners available in the marketplace today. With so many offerings and multiple claims,… Read more »
Berry Healthy: Basics 101: “Billions of ‘Friendly’ Live Active Cultures” in Your Frozen Yogurt
As we scan our local grocery stores and eateries, it seems that more and more product labels and marketing materials are boasting pro- and prebiotics. If you’re like most people, we’re left asking ourselves, “Since when did I order bacteria with my frozen yogurt?” Turns out you’re not alone, and a closer look at these… Read more »
Back to Our Roots: Elena: the Heart of PreGel
A Story of Great Love, Support and Success Take a look at the black and white photo from 1967. We see them together, Elena and Luciano Rabboni, taking the first steps of a long journey ahead. A path that was sometimes difficult and often unpredictable, but met with strength and determination, respect and mutual support;… Read more »
Turning Your Passion into a Reality
Part 6 – Prepare to Open Your Business Time to reap the benefits of this long-awaited journey As our series comes to an end, it can only mean one thing for your business – it’s time to open your doors! If you have missed any of the series’ articles, let’s quickly review the steps that… Read more »
Tree Talk: Four Unique and Trendy Products Make PreGel’s 2010 Novelties List
PreGel AMERICA recently announced its 2010 Novelties, and unlike previous years, it’s a small selection of unique and chic products. Representing a gamut of trends in the industry, the four new products are extremely versatile and true palate- pleasers for all areas of specialty desserts. Salted Caramel Super Sprint – A perfect combination of salty… Read more »
Tree Talk: Tenero, A Concept Redefining Soft Serve
Tenero is the next generation of soft serve products reinventing the frozen dessert experience for both consumers and operators across the United States. Encompassing both ready-to-use and more customizable products and recipes for frozen yogurt, gelato, sorbetto and ice cream, Tenero is a new, healthy and gourmet solution to the time-treasured classic of soft serve…. Read more »
Tree Talk: From Master Chocolatier to World Champion MOF, 2010 5-Star Chef Series Continues to Wow
The PreGel Training Center kicked off the 2010 5-Star Chef Series with amazing talent in February. True forces in the industry, Master Chocolatier Jean-Pierre Wybauw and MOF Olivier Bajard led dynamic 5-Star Chef Series seminars on the Art of Chocolates and Bonbons, and Techniques for Entremets and Tarts. “It was a pleasure to refine my… Read more »
Tree Talk: PreGel Presents Premium Pastry Line
5-Star Chef Pastry Select line features products uniquely created for pastry chefs in both formula and packaging A new product brand called the 5-Star Chef Pastry Select is PreGel’s latest endeavor to cater directly to pastry chefs around the world. The brand features a line of pastry products with new formulas specially tested and approved… Read more »
From the Top of the Tree
A few days ago, I visited our Training Center to meet 15 of our latest Gelato Class students. I always do my best to visit and speak to each of them in an attempt to better understand their thoughts, ideas and expectations. These visits break my daily routine and give me a great perspective of… Read more »