What better way to cool down in the hot weather than with an ice cream from one of Leicestershire’s finest parlours?
We’ve been asking Mercury readers to submit their favourite establishments to enjoy a summer-time treat from and a whole host of different suggestions have arrived whetting the appetite, so we’ve picked out some of our favourites.
The city of Leicester, here in the UK, is home of the surprise winners of the English premier league this season. Several local businesses have spared no effort to back Leicester City. One of them is the Gelato Village which has created the ‘Gelato of the champions’ in honour of the Leicester boss, Claudio Ranieri and his team. Daniele Taverna –the owner of the ice cream parlour– spoke to Newsday.
(Caption: An ice-cream from Leicester’s Gelato Village. Credit: Gelato Village)
Da oggi al 29 ottobre Agrimontana sbarca a Leicester (UK) in occasione di “Gelato in the Square”, l’evento ideato dagli intraprendenti Artisti del Gelato Gelato Village.
The trip to Leicester was an impulse – something to do with the heatwave, and meeting Antonio De Vecchi and Daniele Taverna in Turin. All we talked about in Turin was food, and their passion was gelato…so much of a passion that they started Gelato Village in Leicester, England.
I’d never been to Leicester. Now I had two reasons to go.
Read more at The Phraser
Each year, our most popular recipes are Mango Lassi gelato and Mango sorbetto. Customers ask for them throughout the year. But fresh, high quality mangoes are only available for a short period in the summer. That precious few weeks has arrived for 2019.
As usual, we are bringing a variety of Kesar mango from India and Honey mango from Pakistan in store to craft into fresh gelato. Keep an eye on the board as which mango we are currently using will be detailed on the label. This can change from week to week, even day to day, depending on the supply of mangoes.
Mango Lassi gelato won third place in the international gelato competition at the Gelato Artigianale Festival in Agugliano, Italy in 2016. This is a blend of mango, yoghurt and cardamom. It was inspired by the flavours and likes of our diverse communities here in Leicester. If you prefer a non-dairy based treat, then try the refreshing mango sorbetto. This is water based and so is suitable for those who follow a dairy-free or vegan diet.
But the mango season soon passes, so don’t wait for too long to come and try these popular recipes. Remember, you can always have a free taste of a new flavour when you visit Gelato Village. Come and discover how delicious these beautiful fresh fruits are when made into authentic Italian gelato.
Remember, we are Slow Food Supporters, so we always source our ingredients ethically and sustainably.
It’s been a good week. We’ve had food and beer matching, there’s been Leicester’s first frozen yoghurt, and of course I’m still embraced by the warm glow of the memory of our week in Catalonia. So I didn’t know it could get any better, that it would get better, and that I would meet even more incredible people and try amazing things here in our lovely city of Leicester.
Ci sono i cardiochirurghi che salvano le vite dei bambini, uno è un enfant prodige veneto, l’altro un luminare di Milano che ha due anni più di Ranieri. Ci sono i migliori ristoratori italiani d’Inghilterra, infatti il mister li conosce bene.
Details out today of the Gelato in the Square festival put together by Gelato Village. Daniele and Antonio have been regularly going back to Italy and building a name for themselves in the gelato fraternity – with such effect that the flow is being reversed and some of Italy’s top makers are coming over to Leicester to celebrate all things gelato and the Slow Food approach in general.
The heatwave shows no sign of ending so to bring our temperatures down a bit, we headed to an ice cream parlour in the St Martin’s area of Leicester city centre. Gelato Village came to Leicester in 2014 but it’s taken us until now to discover the place, better late than never I guess.
Read more at @rtisan Traveller
Bees turned us into an Enviro crime scene this week! The insects decided to swarm on the tree outside Gelato Village. They must have heard how good our award winning Bee Happy gelato is. The swarm was quickly and kindly relocated by the Council, but it still made the paper in the interim! It did give us a chance to experiment with a new seating arrangement by the side door though.
They were in more danger located in the city centre. We’re glad it was resolved quickly. It’s good that we have more bees around. But not out the front of the shop! All of nature’s friends are friends of ours. This was a little too close for comfort however. Whatever will happen next. There is definitely never a dull moment here at Gelato Village.
“A swarm of bees caused a bit of a buzz in Leicester’s St Martin’s Square this afternoon.
Hundreds of the insects emerged from a nest in a tree alongside the centre’s entrance at the junction of Cank Street and Hotel Street.”
Read more at https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/watch-swarm-hundreds-bees-turn-3008255
Have you ever had a close encounter with bees? What is the strangest place you have seen a swarm? It is definitely not something we’ve ever heard of here in the city centre. Perhaps they were lured in by the beautiful planting at nearby Cathedral Gardens?