Talenti Sicilian Pistachio Gelato is Green – Review

talenti gelato sicilian pistachio
8 Jul

Talenti Sicilian Pistachio Gelato is Green – Review

Talenti Sicilian Pistachio Gelato Review

I was excited to try Talenti Sicilian Pistachio Gelato, because it came in a plastic pint ice cream container instead of coated cardboard. That meant something special, right? And I know a zero-waste woman who collects these!

spinach timbales from vintage Wear-ever cook book
Here’s something else green I really don’t want to eat: Spinach Timbales.  Mother, help me.

 

Okay, the color was a rather fake-looking mint green, but not enough to complain about.And also the gelato part sounded good and refreshing – haven’t had that in a while. And the title was great: Sicilian Pistachio! Romantic, exotic, possibly mafioso, in a smooth green way…yum!

But  it was not to be. Texture was grainy, NOT like gelato. Nuts were tiny, unimpressive. And flavor just blah. I didn’t even finish it. Sorry it didn’t work out, fella, but I’m moving on.

talenti gelato sicilian pistachioThe ingredients are nice and simple: milk, sugar, cream, powdered milk, pistachios, dextrose, vanilla, guar gum.

PS. This is another ice cream maker who won’t allow pictures to be copied from their site. I understand it from a photographer’s or artist’s point of view, TRUST me, and I fight copyright infringement all the time, but this is a product. Don’t they want people to share it? UPDATE: now they allow it. Social media works!

Picture of spinach timbales  from Wear-Ever new Method of Cooking, pamphlet from 1934.

Where to buy

Most good grocery stores. Amazon used to have it, but no more. But they have reviews and ingredients still up. (Note that these have changed a bit since I first posted this review.) Target has it right now!

Ingredients

Milk, Sugar, Cream, Pistachios, Dextrose, Carob Gum, Vanilla Extract, Natural Flavor

What Others are Saying About Talenti Sicilian Pistachio Gelato

From Amazon:, 4 out of 5 stars. Most liked it. At least one of them was fake.

Talenti ice cream flavors are exquisite, works of art, all of them! But my current fave is the Pistachio. Read the ingredients : recognizable simplicity, you don’t need a degree in Chemistry to decipher it. No, they aren’t low cal, but it IS great quality and my favorite guilty pleasure. You’ll end up trying to hide it from friends and family. Might as well get enough to share! (Such a fake review!!- DB)

 

ByDonna L. Barstow

Cartoonist and lover of everything chocolate related, in no particular order.

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