Sicilian artisan ice cream

Ice Cream

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Sicilian artisan ice cream is a unique and inimitable product obtained from a traditional process that has its roots in the Arab domination in Sicily, and made with high quality raw materials.
Sicily is the home of the invention of ice cream: l the ancestor of ice cream was made with the snow that was stored in the special ice-cream boxes, dug in particular areas of Etna and the Sicilian mountain ranges, which was combined with honey, fruit and juices.
The invention of ice cream is it owes to a Sicilian: Francesco Procopio Cutò, who replaced honey with sugar and added salt and ice to make the ice cream last longer.
The fame of Sicilian ice cream was such that Caterina de 'Medici, on the occasion of her wedding banquet with Henry II of Valois, brought Sicilian masters to Paris to prepare a special milk-based sorbet.