Gelato expert academy Masterclass #3: the most complete course on granita, slush, water ice, nieves de garrafa that you can find online.
If you want to learn all the secrets of Italian granita, Mexican nieves de garrafa, Italian-American water ice, or slush, how to formulate them, the ingredients to use, the machinery and the production; in this course you will find:
- 3+ hours of video lessons on granita, water ice, nieves de garrafa, slush and all the similar products
- 60+ pages of course materials
- Formulations for different styles, types of machines and production systems
- 70+ recipes of granita, nieves de garrafa, water ice, slush and much more
- From the classical flavours to the most creative and innovative flavours, including savoury
- Q&A videos: after following the course, send your questions via email and we will create new videos to answer the questions of the enrolled students
Requirements: modules 1-2-3 of the Gelato Expert Academy are suggested, or a good knowledge of ingredients and gelato formulation is suggested but not mandatory to follow this master.
Program of the granita masterclass
Introduction to the ancestor of frozen desserts
- What is granita?
- Granita around the world
- Granita, Italian ice, Philly water ice, slushy, shaved ice, kakigori, grattachecca…
- How to make granita
- Machinery and different methods of production (vertical batch freezer, horizontal batch freezer, granitore/slush machine…)
- Service and storage
Ingredients for granita and similar products
- Ingredients for granita
- Sugars and Alternative sugars (Dates, agave, grape..)
- No added sugar granita
- Flavouring ingredients for granita
- Stabilisers in granita?
Formulation of granita and other products
- Formulation parameters
- Styles of granita and other products
- Formulation parameters for each style
- Formulation of granita for different types of machines
- Formulation parameters for different products (fruit granita, cremolata, water ice, nieves de garrafa, slush..)
- Formulation of alcohol, dairy and gourmet granita
Granita production and logistics
- General production rules
- Direct method for granita
- Sugar syrup method for granita
Recipes formulation
- Neutral bases
- Formulation of selected recipes from each category
- Analysis of recipe formulations from books
Practical production
- How to make granita in granitore/slush machine
- How to make granita in batch freezer
- How to make nieves de garrafa
- How to make coffee granita and crema di caffè
- How to make granita without a machine
Some of the recipes you will find in this course:
Fruit granita and slush
- Lemon
- Yuzu honey
- Strawberry
- Mulberry
- Mango
- Passion fruit
- Mango passion fruit
- Mandarine/Orange
- Prickly pears
- Peach
- Melon
- Watermelon
- Pomegranate
- Grapefruit
- Loquat
- Other fruit..
Nuts & chocolate granita
- Pistachio
- Raw/Roasted almonds
- Hazelnut
- Chocolate
- Cacao
- Gianduja
Infusions granita
- Coffee
- Barley coffee
- Mint
- Jasmin tea/Earl grey
- Peach tea
- Hibiscus raspberries
Dairy granita
- Ricotta stracciatella
- Crema caffè
- Milk chocolate
- Matcha latte
Alcohol granita and slush
- Aperol spritz
- Espresso martini
- Pina colada
- Mojito
- Bellini
- Gin tonic
- Beer
- Champagne/Prosecco/Cava/Vermouth
No added sugar/Sugar free granita
- Virgin mojito
- Mango
- Strawberry
- Espresso
Other flavours
- Green juices
- Tamarind
- Blue butterfly pea coconut vanilla
- Kombucha
- Kefir beetroot
- Carrot
- Pure citrus
Savoury granita
- Tomato and basil
- Jalapeño tequila
- Roasted pepper sumak
- Gorgonzola/Blue cheese
- Queso manchego/Pecorino
- Soy sauce
- Pistachio pesto
- Pumpkin coconut curry
Nieves de garrafa
- Lemon
- Mango Chamoy/Tajin
- Tamarind
- Watermelon
- Jamaica
- Jamaica raspberry
- Vanilla
- Cinnamon
- Cajeta
- Walnut
- Chocolate
- Mamey
Conclusions and next steps
Q&A (updated with questions from students)
Trailer
Info & Subscribe
For more info write us at info@gelato.expert
PRICE
- 1 masterclass: 300€
- 4 masterclasses: 1000€
Included in the price
- Video courses (3+ hours)
- Teaching material in PDF used during the courses
- Recipe book with 70+ recipes
- Possibility to ask questions by email (answers will be published in form of video and added to the course)
- Access to all the videos and material for unlimited time
- Certificate of participation on request