Capogiro Gelato

[KatieLoeb]

Chris is sooooo smart! That's why we like him!

[mrbigjas]

So I picked up a bag of ice from a convenience store, threw a handful of driveway salt onto it, packed the gelato into ziploc freezer bags and submerged them into the briney slush. Worked like a champ. Managed to freeze solid the 6 liters of beer that were sharing space in the cooler

ice beer!

[KatieLoeb]

So I picked up a bag of ice from a convenience store, threw a handful of driveway salt onto it, packed the gelato into ziploc freezer bags and submerged them into the briney slush.  Worked like a champ.  Managed to freeze solid the 6 liters of beer that were sharing space in the cooler

ice beer!

Beersicles!

[cdh]

Now that is a flavor of gelato Capogiro's not made yet... would be interesting to see a beer flavored gelato... so many beers to choose from, there could be a whole line of them.

What a co-venture with Monk's or Brigid's this could be!

Edited August 31, 2004 by cdh (log)

[beercancan]

My friend Charlie makes a Honey Porter ice cream (as well as an Irish Whiskey sorbet) at Big Dipper in Missoula MT, but You would need a lot of rock salt and ice to get that to Jersey.

[Andrew Fenton]

What a co-venture with Monk's or Brigid's this could be!

Or with one of the local breweries, for that matter. I'd love to see them team up with Yards or somebody like that.

[Rich Pawlak]

What a co-venture with Monk's or Brigid's this could be!

Or with one of the local breweries, for that matter. I'd love to see them team up with Yards or somebody like that.

A Trubbel de Yards gelato would kick ass, very champagne-like with lots of rock candy and hop notes.

As might a gelato made with Monk's own bottled Flemish Sour.

Then there could be a Victory Golden Monkey gelato. And one with Sly Fox's Incubus. Flying Fish Coffee Porter gelato...and a Heavyweight Perkuno's Hammer Baltic Porter number, all plummy and dark..

Oh man, the possibilities are endless.

[cdh]

What a co-venture with Monk's or Brigid's this could be!

Or with one of the local breweries, for that matter. I'd love to see them team up with Yards or somebody like that.

I was thinking more along the lines of the co-venturer selling the gelato on the dessert menu at their restaurant, not just supplying the brews...

But maybe the beer gelatos would go over well enough to sell in Capogiro's display case too...

I think it would be cool to be able to finish off a meal at Monks with a glass of beer and a dish of beer gelato...

[Andrew Fenton]

But maybe the beer gelatos would go over well enough to sell in Capogiro's display case too...

Sure, I've seen liquor gelati, and I'm pretty sure they've had one that incorporated champagne. Might as well pick up a set with a beer gelato.

Not that there'd be anything wrong with a beer gelato at another restaurant. Oh no.

[TarteTatin]

Sept 13, Monday:

Cilantro and lime

Bitter Chocolate

Mexican Chocolate

Goat milk and honey

Sicilian Pistachio

Delicious.

[Holly Moore]

I stopped by the new Vespa dealership on South, across from Whole Foods. Smack dab in front of you as you enter a coffee and gelato bar, the gelato being a dozen or so of Caporgiro's finest.

[KatieLoeb]

Quick stop this afternoon as I had to walk right past (as if) on an errand.

A small dish that was half Heiroom Apple sorbetto and half Black Fig sorbetto.

Outstanding.

[CMN]

Bittersweet chocolate

Burnt caramel

Creme fraiche

Mmmmm.....

[shinyboots]

Just bought a Pint of the "Marscarpone Fig" at a local purveyor (Du Jour Catering in Haverford). I have to say it surpases my expectations. The fig flavor is perfectly balanced between tart and sweet, likely because of the superb marscapone (it just melts!)...One thing: the somewhat largish fig pieces aren't appealing in the least

[KatieLoeb]

Just bought a Pint of the "Marscarpone Fig" at a local purveyor (Du Jour Catering in Haverford). I have to say it surpases my expectations. The fig flavor is perfectly balanced between tart and sweet, likely because of the superb marscapone (it just melts!)...One thing: the somewhat largish fig pieces aren't appealing in the least

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The flavor I had was specifically identified as "Black Fig" and was relatively smooth with no big fruit pieces in it. It was delicious and everything a Fig Newton pretends to be.

[katbert]

yesterday: concord grape, cherimoya, tropical sunrise (papaya), pear+wild turkey, pumpkin+pecan, sweetpotato+caramel, cinnamon, regular green grape, persimmon, quince, bacci (those little chocolate hazelnut wafer balls in silver & blue foil). The citrusy fruits are mostly gone. I thought the persimmon, quince & cherimoya were too subtle for me. The pumpkin and sweet potato ones both had swirlies of crunchy caramelized sugar bits. mmmmmmmmm.

[foodE]

I do love the Mexican chocolate. It is quite amazing! Its good with banana to relieve the spiceness alittle.

[chowfun]

I recently had persimmon and black plum. I enjoyed the persimmon more than the plum. It does have a subtle flavor, but it is delicious.

[TarteTatin]

Last night, party of three:

1) Me: Goat milk with honey, PEANUT BUTTER (outrageous) and Bitter Chocolate.

2) Him: Quince, Asian Pear and Bitter Chocolate.

3) Teen Guest: Red Grape, Burnt Caramel, Chioccolet (sp)

Interesting Others we didn't have:

SQUASH (yes, really!)

Rosa (Rosewater)

Ginger-Sesame

Chocolate-Banana and Regular Banana looked great.

Plus, they now have "ice cream sandwiches" made with sweet brioche!!!!!!

I have to try that next time!

[chowfun]

I tasted the rosemary goat milk and honey, and the rosemary was too overpowering for me. The butterscotch bourbon is a winner. I tasted the bittersweet chocolate and wondered why I had never ordered that before. It tasted like dark chocolate cake.

[shinyboots]

I tasted the rosemary goat milk and honey, and the rosemary was too overpowering for me.  The butterscotch bourbon is a winner.  I tasted the bittersweet chocolate and wondered why I had never ordered that before.  It tasted like dark chocolate cake.

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Rookie... (I kid)

The Rosemary Goat's Milk with Honey may have been the most extravagant cream dessert I've ever had. Loved every lick...

[rlibkind]

I tasted the bittersweet chocolate and wondered why I had never ordered that before.  It tasted like dark chocolate cake.

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Upon finishing her portion last night after a dinner at Lolita, She Who Must Be Obeyed said of their bittersweet chocolate: When it melts you can use it for a chocolate sauce on top of ice cream!

[katbert]

Tingly burning! Cold!

Hot pepper and mascarpone

with swirly fig jam.

Capogiro's new website lists the flavors made daily. I don't know what I was thinking when I picked the hot pepper one; it wasn't super hot but it would've been more appropriate in between courses as a palate cleanser than as half a cone of tingliness. I liked the avocado and the gooseberry also.

Also, to everyone who goes- do you tip in the tip jar? (I do since I know one of the staff.)

[KatieLoeb]

I had Salted Bitter Almond and Wild Turkey/Poached Pear last time I was there. Two of the very best flavors I've ever had ANYWHERE.

And their pistachio tastes more like pistachio than an actual pistachio nut does. How do they do that???

[TarteTatin]

Yes, we usually tip. At least a dollar. Sometimes more if they don't weigh it and if there are lots of us.

Went to a new place in Paris that had great interesting flavors on the left bank. I have to find my notes, but I do remember Caramel avec beurre sale that was outrageous. Dammond is the name of the place.